Module 2.2: Social Media and Law Enforcement

Juvenile Corrections Officer (JCO) Core Training
Unit 2.0: Professionalism and Ethics
Instructional time: 1 hours

1. Welcome and introductions

2. Objectives:

a. 2.2.1 Identify potential problems created by inappropriate officer use of social media

b. 2.2.2 Identify the safety implications of social media for officers and their families

c. 2.2.3 Identify how the use of social media by a juvenile can negatively impact staff

3. What is social media?

4. Chief’s vision for Sacramento County Probation

5. Discuss how social media can impact your department, and the do’s and don’ts when using social media

6. Social media and law enforcement

7. Positives of using social media in law enforcement

8. Facial recognition on internet (officer safety)

9. Identify potential problems created by inappropriate officer use of social media

10. Monitor your social media sites

11. Bad law enforcement commercials

12. Plain View Project (PVP)

13. Identify the safety implications of social media for officers and their families

14. Officer safety and the internet

15. Identify how the use of social media by a juvenile can negatively impact staff

16. Safety precautions

17. Precautions while using social media

18. Thoughts on using social media differently