NEWS RELEASE

 

Contact: Lieutenant Clint Simpson                                                    Twitter @EdenPD

For release April 19, 2013

 

The Eden Police Department is excited to announce the department will now be sharing more information with the public via social media by sending tweets of incidents that effect City of Eden residents. The Eden Police Department now has a Twitter account and can be found @EdenPD. 

 This is something that the Eden Police Department has been working on for about nine months. Chief Reece Pyrtle believes strongly in the ability of social media to communicate with the public in a timely manner. Tweeting information about serious incidents will better inform our residents about what types of incidents police are responding to in their community. 

 

The Eden Police Department will not be tweeting every incident our officers respond to as we don’t want to inundate our followers with information, but serious incidents will now be shared with our followers on a short delay to allow officers time to respond to calls.  Eden Police would also like to remind residents that social media is not to be used to report crimes or emergencies to the police.  The @EdenPD Twitter is for information sharing and notification of our followers of current incidents occurring in and around the City of Eden.  Residents requiring immediate response to a public safety issues should always call 911 or the Eden Police Department 24 hour number 336-623-9755. 

To stay up to date with crime reports such as attempted robberies, robberies, missing persons as well as road closings, traffic accidents, weather alerts and more follow the Eden Police Department @EdenPD.