Welcome to the Riverside Police Department’s official page. RIVERSIDE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S SOCIAL MEDIA TERMS OF USE
The Riverside Police Department is a department of dedicated professional police officers and civilian personnel committed to providing the highest quality of service and protection to the community. Please note, our social media pages are not monitored 24-hours a day. If you wish to report a crime, request an officer, or have a concern that should be handled in a timely manner, please DO NOT leave a message here. If you have a problem that does not require an officer’s immediate response, please call our 24-hour non-emergency Dispatch Center at (951) 354-2007. Some past crimes and incidents may be reported online by going to www.rpdonline.org/reports. The purpose of our social media is to present matters of public interest concerning the Riverside Police Department’s programs, activities, news stories, and photos. We welcome your comments. Any department social media site that elicits or allows comments from the public shall be designated as a limited public forum for First Amendment purposes. As such, and in order to remain in compliance with other laws, department social media site content and comments containing any of the following forms of content shall not be allowed and shall be promptly removed:
• Profane or threatening language or content
• Sexual content or links to sexual content
• Content that promotes, fosters, or perpetuates discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, ancestry, age, religion, gender or gender expression, marital status, AIDS/HIV, status with regard to public assistance, national origin, medical condition, political activities or affiliations, military or veteran status, physical or mental disability, or sexual orientation
• Solicitations or commerce, including but not limited to, advertising of any nongovernment related event, or business or product for sale
• Conduct or encouragement of illegal activity; • Information that may compromise the safety or security of an individual, the public or public systems
• Potentially libelous or defamatory comments
• Violates the copyright, trademark or other intellectual property rights of any person or entity
• Violates a local, state, or federal regulation or law, including privacy laws. If you need an official source for information about the Riverside Police Department please visit our website at www.RPDOnline.org. The department may take steps to have a comment removed if it falls within one of the foregoing categories. Also, please keep in mind that these are internet pages on facebook.com., instagram.com, x.com, nextdoor.com, and youtube.com. Meta owns and operates Facebook and Instagram, Google owns YouTube, Nextdoor Holdings, Inc. owns Nextdoor, and xAI owns X. They have their own policies and standards concerning what may, and may not, be posted and the actions that it may take with regard to unauthorized posts. See each social media platform's Community Standards for details. The Riverside Police Department may also take steps to remove “robo spam” and/or comments by “social bots” (i.e., content posted by automatic software programs, or “bots”) if necessary to ensure access for the general public. Furthermore, while we encourage debate and discussion, we respectfully request that commenters be mindful that this site is open to the public and that commenters be courteous and civil toward one another. The Riverside Police Department is not responsible for, and neither endorses nor opposes, comments placed on this site by visitors to this site. Citizens are personally responsible for their own comments.
