Social media have fundamentally changed our world and our actions and are increasingly shaping everyday police work.
Social networks are the number one source of information and the population's virtual clinical thermometer. No television crew is ready to report faster than the people on the ground with their smartphones.
For some years now, the police have been facing the great challenge of using the highly competitive virtual information market to their advantage. Of course, the aim is not to cut costs, increase profits and sales figures or win new customers. The police want to use social media, for example, to recruit new recruits or provide information in crisis situations. And last but not least, we want to get into conversation with you.
The Hochsauerland district police authority is represented on three platforms in the virtual world. In addition to Facebook and Twitter, Instagram is also part of the HSK police portfolio.
Our Twitter followers receive the most important updates on major emergency situations and road closures. We can be found there under "Polizei_nrw_hsk".
On Facebook, we present the most exciting and curious operations of everyday police service, we accompany our service dogs in their training and service and give preventive tips on current topics. You can follow us at "Polizei.nrw.hsk".
The Instagram platform is the latest terrain that the HSK police have ventured into. Here, our followers are taken into everyday police life and stories from the police service are told. Our name there: "Polizei.nrw.hsk".
Before you visit our pages, however, we would like to give you some important information on the subject of data protection.
General information on the subject of data protection can be found on the website of the responsible supervisory authority for data protection in North Rhine-Westphalia, the State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information of North Rhine-Westphalia: www.ldi.nrw.de.
Netiquette & important information
Welcome to the social media pages of the Hochsauerlandkreis police. We would like to provide you with current and general information as well as insights into our day-to-day work. The world is colorful and diverse - which is why we very much welcome the fact that social networks provide a platform for exchange and discussion. We look forward to engaging with you on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. On our pages, you will find press releases and reports on current police operations, important general information, information on current checks and key areas of police work.
We are active for you on social media from Monday to Friday from 6.30 am to 3.30 pm. During this time, the social media team reads comments and messages and looks forward to interacting with you. Outside of these times, our social media channels are managed by the control center.
Important information:
Always call 110 in urgent cases.
We ask you not to publish any information about criminal offenses or personal data on social networks. If you would like to provide a tip or report a crime, please use our Online police station or go to the nearest police station. In appeals for witnesses or wanted persons, you will also always find the relevant police station with telephone contact details.
Netiquette
We ask everyone to remember that real people are communicating with each other here. To ensure a constructive exchange on our social media channels, the community agrees on the following common values and rules of conduct:
- We respect our fellow human beings. We comment responsibly. We are constructive and polite.
- We only comment on the current post topic.
- Questions and ideas are welcome.
- Disagreements are part of life. We argue on a factual level and don't get personal. We criticize opinions and actions, not people.
- Before commenting/tweeting, we put ourselves in the other person's shoes. We check whether we would also say the sentence to a person's face in a conversation.
- If we are provoked or treated unfairly, the contacts presented above are the people to contact.
- We stick to verifiable facts and are careful with assumptions, especially with accusations.
- We stand up for the Basic Law and an open, democratic society.
- We express ourselves clearly and comprehensibly. Irony and sarcasm can easily be misunderstood if you cannot see/hear the other person.
- We accept that "Du" has become the common form of address on the German-speaking web and we do not get annoyed if we are not addressed as "Sie".
The Internet is not a legal vacuum!
We do not tolerate
- insults, abusive language and degrading statements,
- illegal content, e.g. incitement or instruction to commit criminal offenses; statements harmful to minors; statements that violate personal rights or content that infringes the copyrights or data protection rights of third parties,
- inflammatory, racist, obscene, discriminatory or pornographic content,
- misleading claims and untrue statements of fact,
- content that is associated with viruses, Trojans or harmful websites,
- content that is inappropriate, inaccurate or misleading, Trojans or harmful websites or which are otherwise likely to impair the use of the site or the user's IT system,
- spam / copy&paste of own comments,
- contributions with personal data, commercial contributions and third-party advertising,
- links are generally not permitted and will be hidden or deleted by us. This is to prevent users from being redirected to fraudulent sites, e.g. through subsequent changes to stored websites.
As the police, we stand for law and order. You can and may expect the same from us on the Internet! In the case of comments that violate the law, we initiate appropriate proceedings, hide the comments and block the user. If you notice any possible legal violations on our pages, please inform us.
Users whose comments have been hidden or deleted or whose account has been blocked or blocked can informally inquire about the reason for the measure. To do so, please send an email to oeffentlichkeitsarbeit.maerkischer-kreis [at] polizei.nrw.de (oeffentlichkeitsarbeit[dot]hochsauerlandkreis[at]polizei[dot]nrw[dot]de). In addition, the terms of use of the respective social network and our data protection information apply.
We hope you enjoy sharing your opinions!
Your HSK police social media team
