Barry Inspector ‘Going Live’ On Twitter In July
Barry police inspector Rob Miles will pilot a Twitter-chat on Tuesday, 5 July, 2016.
The man in charge of policing the town is taking questions between 6.30pm and 7.30pm via the popular social networking platform using @SWPBarryandVOG which now has 473 followers.
Chat sessions using the popular social network are nothing new, but Rob will become the first police officer in the region to do it, making it a landmark move for the Inspector who is keen to reach out to the people of Barry.
He said: “Twitter and other social networks like Facebook are becoming more and more important to us as it gives us another a dynamic way to engage with the public. I genuinely want to see what people have to say and wherever possible I will answer any questions people might have. We do a good, honest job of policing the area and it is important that we reach out to people to explain what we do and why we do it.”
The @SWPBarryandVOG Twitter handle was launched back in the Summer of 2015 alongside three other sector-level Twitter accounts to give people the option of hyper-local police related news and updates about crimes and incidents, ongoing investigations, community work, crime prevention advice and for awareness raising.
Rob Miles added: “We know through research that people are only really interested in relevant news, so in order to give them what they wanted we launched sector-level Twitter accounts last year. Hopefully people will take us up on the opportunity and join in the conversation.”
‘#AsktheInspector’ will be used to manage the conversation – in the run up to the session on 5 July, 2016, @SWPBarryandVOG followers are encouraged to use that hashtag or send a direct message to suggest areas of interest.
Any questions which cannot get answered within the hour will be followed up after the event.
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