Police Fired or Disciplined for Social Media Use

Recently, it has been learned that some 150 police officers have been disciplined, or fired, for their misuse of social media:

Police & facebook misuse

Officers have been caught using social media outlets, like facebook, to harass partners or former work colleagues. These events highlight the need for police executives to ensure that their organizations have both clear guidelines for the use of social networking vehicles when carried out as some extension of an officer's employment, as well as, precise processes and procedures for discplining officers who are found to be in contravention of those guidelines. Of course, these strictures should also apply to civilian employees within a police service.