City of West Memphis Social Media Content Policy
The purpose of this social media page is for the West Memphis Police Department to share news and information regarding the activities, policies, and programs of the department and its employees. We encourage discussion and comments on posts. Your insights are important.
-Comments-
Before posting a comment, please note the WMPD will review all comments after posting. Due to the fact this page is public and possibly visible to persons of all ages, we expect participants to show respect, civility and consideration to visitors. Therefore, comments will be removed if they:
- Contain defamatory personal attacks and/or threats against any member of the public and/or an employee of the department or organization.
- Promote or advertise services, products, or events.
- Contain abusive, profane or vulgar language.
- Contain sexual content, pornographic, overly graphic, disturbing, obscene or offensive material, and/or material that would otherwise violate the law if published on this site.
- Include offensive language targeting specific ethnic, religious, or racial groups.
- Comments not related to the original subject or topic, including random or unintelligible comments or questions.
- Comments referencing other city ran page’s not related to the original subject or topic, including random or unintelligibly questions.
- Content that promotes, fosters or perpetuates discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, age, religion, or national origin.
- Comments in support of, or in opposition to, any political campaign or ballot measures.
- Solicitation of commerce, including but not limited to advertising of any business or product for sale or department non-sanction non-profit.
- Posts and/or comments that contain any external/department non-sanctioned external links.
- Any type of conduct in violation of any federal, state or local laws.
- Comments which encourage illegal or violent activity.
- Information that might compromise the safety or security of the public or public systems.
- Harassing content which may constitute and/or facilitate stalking.
- Content which violates the right to privacy.
- Comments which may reasonably interfere with, inhibit, or compromise law enforcement investigations, law enforcement tactics, including but not limited to, law enforcement responses to incidents and/or the safety of law enforcement.
- Repetitive commenting on unrelated posts that violates the city’s Facebook Content Policy. Employees of the WMPD will not edit public comments to remove objectionable or inappropriate content, so please ensure that comments comply with this policy if you would like it posted. WMPD recognizes that social media tools are available 24 hours a day, and we welcome comments at any time.
-Privacy-
To protect your personal privacy and the privacy of other persons, WMPD recommends that people do not include personally identifiable information, such as full name, Social Security number, phone numbers, addresses, or e-mail addresses in the body of their comments. If comments include personally identifiable information, it may not be posted.
-Endorsements-
Any references to commercial entities, products, services, or other non-governmental organizations or individuals that remain on this site are provided solely for informational purposes or provided by the web hosting service. Such references are not an official or personal endorsement by WMPD of any product, person, or service.
-Contact-
Members of the public should be aware that information shared through this site may be subject to release to people who request it through the Freedom of Information Act. Please note that communications made through social media channels, such as the WMPD “Facebook” page, will not constitute legal or official notice or comment to the WMPD or any official or employee of the City of West Memphis for any purpose. While it was necessary for the City of West Memphis to impose these restrictions, it doesn't mean that we don't want to hear from members of the public. The City of West Memphis encourages feedback and we want to hear your ideas and opinions.
