Tom Green County Sheriff's Office Social Media Terms of Use
The purpose of the Tom Green County Sheriff's Office social media pages is to permit authorized employees of the Sheriff's Office to provide the public with information concerning the Tom Green County Sheriff's Office's mission, goals, programs, activities, events, news, stories, photographs, and, videos and to disseminate other information and material intended to increase public awareness of, and enhance respect for, the Tom Green County Sheriff's Office and its members and employees. Please note that this is a purposefully controlled online site established for this limited purpose, NOT A PUBLIC FORUM. All postings/comments are, in addition to being governed by the terms and conditions established by the social media platform, subject to the following terms of use established by the Tom Green County Sheriff's Office:
By participating on this page, users agree to the terms of use of the social media site and the terms of use established by the Tom Green County Sheriff's Office. A submission/posting on these social media pages shall constitute acknowledgment and acceptance of the terms of use. PLEASE DO NOT USE THIS OUR SOCIAL MEDIA SITES TO REPORT A CRIME OR SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY OR TO SEEK ANY EMERGENCY PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES.
• Our social media sites and their content are actively monitored and managed by the Tom Green County Sheriff's Office.
• In case of emergency, please call 911.
• If you post information related to a crime on our social media sites, you may be publicly identifying yourself as a witness. In some instances, this may result in a subpoena or possibly endanger yourself or others.
• "Friending," "liking," and/or similar exchanges/actions between Tom Green County Sheriff Deputies, Detention Officers, or civilian employees and a social media user does not indicate endorsement of that user's actions or comments.
• Comments posted on our social media sites by visitors of the Tom Green County Sheriff's Office social media DO NOT reflect the opinion(s) of the Office. The Tom Green County Sheriff's Office neither endorse nor oppose, by its actions or inactions related to restriction, removal, or deletion of submissions/postings, the comments/content submitted/posted by others. Commenters alone are responsible for their comments, usernames, and/or any information or content they place or attempt to place on our social media sites.
• ALL COMMENTS submitted/posted to our social media sites are actively monitored and reviewed by the Tom Green County Sheriff's Office. The Tom Green County Sheriff's Office reserve the right to restrict, remove, or delete any posting/comment that is contrary to and/or inconsistent with the purpose of the page or in violation of the applicable terms and conditions.
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MODERATION OF THIRD PARTY CONTENT
The Tom Green County Sheriff's Office social media sites serve as a limited public forum and are not appropriate for, or intended to accommodate, comments unrelated to the page's purpose. Consistent with the purpose of our social media sites, prohibited content includes but is not limited to the following:
• Comments not topically related to a particular posting authorized by the Tom Green County Sheriff's Office;
• Comments that include or constitute abusive, profane, threatening, insulting, false, defamatory, slanderous, libelous, hateful, harassing or stalking, racist, s*xist, misogynistic, bigoted, homophobic, vulgar, obscene, violent, pornographic or s*xual, inappropriate or offensive, and/or criminal or unlawful language or content;
• Comments that constitute, include, promote, foster, or perpetuate disparagement or discrimination of persons on the basis of race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry or ethnicity, s*x, gender identity, s*xual orientation, handicap or disability, and/or age;
• Comments that constitute or include solicitation of commerce or promotion and/or advertisement of/for a business or commercial transaction, including but not limited to "spam" and other commercial content submitted/posted by individuals, groups, entities, or automatic software programs;
• Comments that constitute, conduct, solicit, promote, encourage or incite criminal or illegal activity or comments that otherwise incite imminent lawless action;
• Comments that constitute or include a threat to public safety or security and/or that may compromise or tend to compromise public safety or security;
• Comments that constitute or include an inappropriate and/or unauthorized disclosure of personal data or private/personal information about any individual;
• Comments that constitute or include copyrighted or trademarked material and/or content that violates another party's legal ownership interest, submitted or posted without proper authorization/consent. ONLY COMMENTS consistent with the Term of Use, as determined by the Tom Green County Sheriff's Office, and those terms and conditions established by the social media sites are welcome.
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ADDITIONAL TERMS
• All postings on our social media sites are voluntary and made at your own risk. Using or accessing the social media sites and the Tom Green County Sheriff's Office social media sites, you are, in addition to accepting the terms of use established by the social media platform and the Tom Green County Sheriff's Office. Use of this site by Tom Green County Sheriff's Office employees is governed by all applicable Rules & Regulations and Policies & Procedures.
• The Tom Green County Sheriff's Office DOES NOT ALLOW THE POSTING OF PHOTOGRAPHS, VIDEOS, AUDIO RECORDINGS (and/or similar media) OR LINKS TO OTHER PAGES OR WEBSITES by anyone other than an authorized employee of the Tom Green County Sheriff's Office. The posting of such content/material/information/media is, except when posted by an authorized employee of the Sheriff's Office, STRICTLY PROHIBITED. If posted/submitted, such content/material/information/media shall be restricted, removed, and/or deleted.
• ONLY INDIVIDUALS, GROUPS, AND ENTITIES accepting and complying with the applicable terms and use established by the social media platform and the Tom Green County Sheriff's Office are welcome. While our social media pages are open for public inspection, only authorized users of the social media sites are permitted to submit/post a comment. The Tom Green County Sheriff's Office reserve the right to restrict, remove and/or block any person, group, or entity submitting and/or repeatedly submitting comment(s)/posting(s) contrary to or inconsistent with the purpose of the page, not topically related to particular postings authorized by the Sheriff's Office, and/or that violate the applicable terms and conditions. This Terms of Use document is subject to amendment or modification by the Agency at any time.
