Smartphone Application and Social Media
Last September
the Mount Pleasant Police Department released their smartphone application for
iOS and Android. Since being released, the app has played a crucial role in distributing information and the Mount Pleasant Police Department would like to see more
citizens take advantage of this technology. “This app is the quickest way for
us to get critical information out to our citizens regarding situations that
may affect them,” Inspector Chip Googe said. “We would like to see as many
residents and businesses as possible take advantage of the information sent out
via push notifications.” Being able to access the information directly on your
smart phone keeps citizens updated even when they are not near their home
telephone.
“Citizens can
also view crime reports, send in tips of criminal activity and keep up with
some of our social media efforts all from within our app,” Googe said.
Along with
the app, the police department has moved further into the area of social media
by adding several more platforms to their information sharing efforts. “We
started out with Twitter about 5 years ago which works really well for getting
information out to the public quickly but we also wanted different ways to
connect with our citizens,” Googe said. “That is why we have now included
Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and Vine into our communications efforts.” Each
one of these social media platforms provides the police department a different
way to share information as well as allow them to reach more people.
The Mount
Pleasant Police Department social media links:
For more information contact
Inspector Chip Googe at cgooge@tompsc.com
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