Police embrace social-media tool • SAN FRANCISCO» Law enforcement agencies across the county are adding a new form of social media to their arsenal of crime fighting tools. Almost 6,000 law enforcement agencies are now deploying the public notification service Nixle to provide residents with real-time alerts on crimes in progress, traffic messes and missing children. The International Association of Chiefs of Police said in a recent survey of 800 law enforcement agencies that nearly 90 percent of them use some form of social media.
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