A senior police officer said, “We first started the practice of uploading video bytes of district SP/IG and ADG zones on social media based on the gravity of a case and ADG law and order bytes from DGP headquarters in a state. Of. -Level case, resulting in 20,000 video bytes uploaded on social media since January 1, 2020, a record of sorts.
Congratulations to our ‘digital family members’, and the team members of @uppolice who have been a part of this enthusiast… https://t.co/DMbQZ56Lvp
— DGP UP (@dgpup) 1640020263000
A senior police officer said, “This practice of instantly uploading video bytes of officers on Twitter is unique to the UP Police and is rarely resorted to by other state police organisations.”
In its significant journey on Twitter in the last five years, the Twitter handle of UP Police has garnered 498 million impressions, 1.59 million retweets and 5.9 million likes, with 1.7 million new followers.
DGP UP Mukul Goyal Said, “As per the directions of the Chief Minister, we remain highly responsive on social media and the Headquarters monitors small incidents in the state 24×7 and the officials version to inform the people and the media about the reality. are uploaded in time and action taken to prevent distortion of the narrative.”
ADG (LO) Prashant Kumar said that in a recent episode in Kanpur Dehat in which a policeman lathi-charged a man carrying a child on December 9, three tweets with a template from the handle of UP Police were followed by the video bytes of the ADL SP. /SP same day at 11:47 pm, 11:52 pm and 12.05 pm and another tweet at 4:45 pm and then the next day, with a video byte from IG detailing the entire incident and action taken, which will add to our vigilance Reflects and reacts in any significant event”.
Senior police officials said that the ADG Zone and IG Range should also maintain an active presence on social media, monitor the performance of district police handles and ensure that minor incidents reported on social media should be responded to promptly. Let it be given and the police should do a good job. Enough light is being thrown on this.
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