Seattle Police Uses Twitter to Find Stolen Cars

Since social networking is continuously growing in popularity, services from all over the world have become pretty active in this segment in an effort to remain close to users worldwide. The Seattle police is doing the same thing, of course to get in touch with users who might help officers solve important cases.

Basically, the Seattle police department turned to Twitter to ask for followers' help in finding stolen cars. The officers in charge with the Twitter account are updating the account every once in a while with data regarding the stolen cars, such as color, year, make, model, body style and license plate. Users who spot one of the stolen cars posted on Twitter are encouraged to call 911, the Seattle Police said in a press statement.

"All 911 calls will be screened to ensure that the car information is correctly matched and to verify that the car has not been returned to its rightful owner. If the car is still listed as stolen, the information will be broadcast so that officers can respond to the area. Stolen cars that have been recovered will not be tweeted – in other words, leave the sorting of what is stolen and what is not to the experts at 911," the statement reads.

The "Get your car back" Twitter account has 3 posts and 408 followers at this time, but the number of followers is likely to grow as the official profile of the Seattle Police Department has more than 7,000 subscribers.

“I believe that this program will integrate seamlessly into our strategy to prevent and reduce auto theft in Seattle. It will also serve to increase public awareness on the subject," Seattle Police Chief Diaz said.