Terms of Use
By posting or commenting on any social media platform used by Thurston County Sheriff’s Office, you participate by your own choice, taking personal responsibility for your comments, your username and any information you provide therein. You further agree to the following terms of use: Thurston County Sheriff’s Office maintains a social media program for the purpose of engaging and interacting with our community, providing news, information, events, photos, and videos. We welcome people to post their opinions and encourage posters to keep comments relevant to the topic in question. Posting of any content on any social media platform used by Thurston County Sheriff’s Office, by any visitor, follower, subscriber or fan, constitutes acceptance of the terms of use described here in this policy. For purposes of this policy, a social media platform is the website or app offered to provide audio, video, still-photo or written communication between other members of the platform. Examples of social media platforms include Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, LinkedIn, website blogs with commenting capabilities, forums and emergency notification services. The definition of content as used in this policy refers to any written copy, photos, graphics, videos, live-video streams, comments or any form of communicative content exchanged between parties. Emergency or Non-Emergency Requests for Police Assistance
Thurston County Sheriff’s Office social media platforms and website are not monitored by any public safety agency. Users of the platforms or website are considered not to be on duty, and in a capacity which does not allow them to take any public safety or law enforcement action. In case of an emergency, or if police assistance is needed, please dial 911. If you wish to report a crime or information relevant to a crime, please call your local law enforcement agency. You may remain anonymous if you wish. Endorsements
“Friending” or “Liking” Thurston County Sheriff’s Office, or an officer or employee of Thurston County Sheriff’s Office, does not indicate an endorsement of that person’s actions or comments. A comment posted by a member on any Thurston County Sheriff’s Office social media site is the opinion of the commentator or poster only, and publication of a comment does not imply endorsement of, or agreement by, Thurston County Sheriff’s Office, nor do such comments necessarily reflect the opinions or policies of the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office. Moderation of Content
Thurston County Sheriff’s Office social media platforms are intended to be "family friendly." When applicable Thurston County Sheriff’s Office uses platform provided content moderation/filtering options to limit foul or obscene content. Thurston County Sheriff’s Office does actively monitor the social media platforms used and will remove inappropriate content as defined below, without prior notice, and as soon as possible. Thurston County Sheriff’s Office shall reserve the right to remove and/or block anyone who posts inappropriate material as determined by the staff of Thurston County Sheriff’s Office. This material may include, but is not limited to:
1. Comments not related to the original topic, including random or unintelligible comments;
2. Profane, obscene, or pornographic content and/or language;
3. Content that promotes, fosters or perpetuates discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, age, religion, gender, or national origin;
4. Defamatory or personal attacks;
5. Threats to any person or organization;
6. Solicitation of commerce, including but not limited to advertising of any business or product for sale; without permission from a Thurston County Sheriff’s Office moderator;
7. Conduct in violation of any federal, state or local law;
8. Encouragement of illegal activity;
9. Information that may tend to compromise the safety or security of the public or public systems;
10. Content that violates a legal ownership interest, such as a copyright, of any party;
11. Harassment or content which constitutes and/or facilitates stalking;
12. Content which violates the right to privacy;
13. Encouragement of unnecessary violence;
14. Repetitive content;
15. Comments which may reasonably interfere with, inhibit, or compromise law enforcement investigations, police tactics, police responses to incidents and/or the safety of police staff and officers;
16. Personally identifiable medical information. Denial of Access
Thurston County Sheriff’s Office reserves the right to deny access to any Thurston County Sheriff’s Office social media sites for any individual, who violates Thurston County Sheriff’s Office Social Media Terms of Use, at any time and without prior notice. If you wish to contest the removal or hiding of your content, or your denial of access ("banned") from our social media platforms, you may do so by contacting us at [email protected]. Facebook's Community of Standards
All comments posted to any Thurston County Sheriff’s Office Facebook site are bound by Facebook’s Community Standards, located at http://www.facebook.com/communitystandards, and Thurston County Sheriff’s Office reserves the right to report any violation of Facebook’s Community Standards to Facebook with the intent of Facebook taking appropriate and reasonable responsive action.
