Twitter and Facebook lead police to capital murder suspects – KLTV.com-Tyler, Longview, Jacksonville, Texas | ETX News

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LONGVIEW, TX (KLTV) -

Television news viewers were an integral part in helping police nail down their suspects in the capital murder of Ronnie Gammage.

When Longview Police released bank surveillance video, they asked the public for help identifying the people who could be connected to Gammage’s disappearance. Many KLTV 7 viewers responded. Police say it’s because of those viewers that they were able to make a break in this case.

"Facebook, just social media in general, because we put it out as much as we could. But, also the news stations and the newspaper ran this story and also the pictures and the video was very instrumental in us being able to identify these individuals," said Longview Police Department Officer Kristie Brian.

On the KLTV 7 Facebook page, many viewers contributed to the investigation.
While a viewer, Glynis, prayed for Ronnie Gammage and his family, another viewer, Ariana, asked for information about who to call because she thought she recognized the driver.

KLTV 7 viewer Serena said she knew the driver and the passenger by first and last name. Seeing the video and reading each other’s posts lead multiple viewers to call the police.

Then, the suspects themselves began posting on the KLTV 7 Facebook page when people started recognizing who they were. Daniel Paul Jones and Sarah Haslam, now charged with capital murder, told people on Facebook Tuesday that they’d already been in touch with Longview police and the department only wanted to talk to them about the check they tried to cash.

On Haslam’s Twitter page, she posted expletives clearly directed at the Longview Police Department. On that page there are multiple posts insulting the department and their officers.

Police spent Thursday pursuing a third suspect in the case. On Haslam’s Twitter page, she also implied she knew who that suspect was. Haslam made a post telling someone else she hopes they pay for this and that they should go turn themselves in.

A warrant for a third suspect’s arrest was issued Thursday out of Upshur County. As of Thursday evening, Longview Police said they had not made a third arrest.

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News: Tweets Need A Credibility Rating And This Lie Detector Algorithm Could Help

advice: The Taxonomy of Social Media | Social Media Today

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The Taxonomy of Social Media

Every educator has studied Bloom’s Taxonomy. Variations have been suggested and adjustments made over the years but we are all familiar with the concept and visuals associated with it. The use of social media in education creates an opportunity to review and revise this taxonomy. Based on my experiences as an educator and one who engages in the use of social media for educational purposes, I propose the following Taxonomy of Social Media:

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Advice: 9 Ways Social Media Benefits Police

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9 Ways Social Media Benefits Police

December 10, 2012 By News Staff

Over the years, law enforcement has adopted social media in many different ways — and a new report discusses in depth just how the tool can be used to support police work.

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News: In wake of school massacre, Conn. authorities warn against social media frauds

News: Social media benefits to police investigated

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BlueToGold: This article reminds police agencies everywhere that the need and want for social media connections is strong right now. If agencies continue to "play it by ear" then they will be further behind when they finally decide that they need their community’s help and support. Further, unofficial sites are already popping up where official presence is lacking.

Social media benefits to police investigated

7 December 2012 Last updated at 08:55 ET

If the police do not have an official social media presence, unauthorised channels will spring up in their place, the report says.

Police forces with strong social media presences have better relationships with the citizens they are policing, researchers claim.

Their study involved several European countries.

They found that in countries where the police social media presence was less strong, "unofficial" pages were popular.

One Facebook page containing news about the police in Berlin had 15,000 members, the report said.

The research project is part of the work of a group called Composite (Comparative Police Studies In The EU).

The team interviewed police IT professionals in 13 European countries including the UK, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands and Spain.

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News: OSUPD uses social media to catch ID thief

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OSUPD uses social media to catch ID thief

Solving a crime was only a tweet away for the Oklahoma State University Police Department this week.

OSUPD tweeted and posted a picture of a person of interest on Facebook at noon Monday. Police asked the OSU community to assist in identifying the man, according to OSUPD’s Facebook status.

Director of Communications Gary Shutt said the man was suspected of stealing a student’s university ID card.

“The ID was used to fraudulently purchase two books from the Student Union Bookstore,” Shutt said. “The books were then sold elsewhere for cash.”

The department obtained the photo from surveillance video footage of the suspect.

Shutt said that once posted on Twitter and Facebook, the picture received about 10,000 views in two hours.

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