Police use of Twitter
According to BBC News website, Greater Manchester Police have set up a 24-hour Twitter feed so every call it receives can be made public.
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The feed has revealed the extremely varied nature of emergency calls the force receives.
One minute someone is calling about a baby being dangled over a bridge - although later it turns out that it was a dog.
Shortly afterwards, the force receives another 999 call about fireworks being set off in a local park.
Then another call is received about a missing mother and son, and at the same time another operator is taking down details of a missing person who has been found.
Another tweet from a member of the public congratulates the police on the finding the missing woman, then a second later there's a robbery in Salford to attend to.
For more details see Greater Manchester Police tweets sparking interest.
More details:
The feed has revealed the extremely varied nature of emergency calls the force receives.
One minute someone is calling about a baby being dangled over a bridge - although later it turns out that it was a dog.
Shortly afterwards, the force receives another 999 call about fireworks being set off in a local park.
Then another call is received about a missing mother and son, and at the same time another operator is taking down details of a missing person who has been found.
Another tweet from a member of the public congratulates the police on the finding the missing woman, then a second later there's a robbery in Salford to attend to.
For more details see Greater Manchester Police tweets sparking interest.
