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SOFT-SPOKEN RYAN GOSLING CLAIMS HE’S NO PICKUP ARTIST {page 19}
TORONTO
Wednesday, July 27, 2011 www.metronews.ca News worth sharing.
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Fighting crime with Facebook First group of 20-30 officers finishes training in using social media for work today, when program will be officially announced Goal is to have about 175 officers with online profiles by early November The Toronto Police Service is kicking its online presence up a notch. The force’s new social media initiative will encourage officers to sign up for Facebook and Twitter pages and train them in their use
for day-to-day work. “This is going to lead to a lot more trust and a lot more transparency,” said Const. Scott Mills, the force’s social media officer. The program features more
changes yet to be revealed and is designed to improve communication between police and the public. It has been in the works since Mills became the social media officer in April 2010. Before
that, he was using social media in the Crime Stoppers division. “We’ve prevented some pretty serious incidents simply because people reached out to the few police officers that were using
Movie. Shoot Jessica Biel and Colin Farrell, the stars of the remake of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Total Recall, sit in a futuristic car yesterday. Filming for the biggest-budget movie in Toronto’s history — a reported $200 million — continued for a second day, closing down Lakeshore Boulevard between Parliament and Jarvis streets and leaving motorists who were forced to detour visibly irritated.
social media,” he said. This month, the Toronto police website added a page to report lost property, crimes under $5,000 and traffic complaints. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
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