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Social Media Complaints 'At Least Half' of Calls Passed to Front-Line Police in UK

posted by n1 on Tuesday June 24 2014, @07:52PM   Printer-friendly
from the whole-world-is-a-schoolyard dept.

lhsi writes:

The BBC reports:

Complaints originating from social media make up "at least half" of calls passed on to front-line officers, a senior officer has told the BBC.

Chief Constable Alex Marshall, head of the College of Policing, said the number of crimes arising from social media represented "a real problem".

About 6000 officers are being trained to deal with online offences, which are a new problem for officers tasked with policing low-level crime. According to Marshall, the police and public are still trying to understand when online insults became criminal.

 
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  • (Score: 2) by jasassin on Tuesday June 24 2014, @11:16PM

    by jasassin (3566) <jasassin@gmail.com> on Tuesday June 24 2014, @11:16PM (#59609) Homepage Journal

    What more could two guys from Jersey possibly want?
    Well, to have these fucks stop talking shit about us...
    on the lnternet for starters.
    What have l been telling you?
    There's not much you can do to stop that.
    Well, short of showing up at all their houses...
    and beating the shit out of them, l guess.
    You know, with all the money we're making, man...
    we could buy a lot of plane tickets.
    How many people want to kick some ass
    Yeah?
    Do you post as "Magnolia Fan" on Moviepoopshoot.com?
    Yeah.
    Did you write... "Fuck Jay and Silent Bob.
    "Fuck them and their stupid asses"?
    Yeah. A while ago. So?
    How many people want to kick some ass
    l do, l do And how many people are sick ofholding it back
    l want...
    On Moviepoopshoot.com...
    did you say Jay and Silent Bob are--
    quote--"fucking clown shoes, and if they were real...
    "l'd kick the shit out of them for being so stupid"?
    -Yeah. -Really?
    How many people are sick ofholding it back
    l am, l am
    How many people want to kick some ass
    How many people want to kick some ass
    How many people want to kick some ass
    What you gonna do
    When you're sick ofholding it back
    That's right. That's it.
    Uh-huh.

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