West Hennepin Public Safety

West Hennepin Public Safety Department
Social Media Policy


West Hennepin Public Safety Department uses social media sites, such as Facebook and blogs, to provide two-way communication with the public. West Hennepin Public Safety welcomes participation and comments from the public on these media sites. However, these sites are public forums monitored by the Director and Sergeant of West Hennepin Public Safety. West Hennepin Public Safety reserves the right to remove content posted on West Hennepin Public Safety Department’s social media sites, including but not limited to the following:

• Posts and comments that include vulgar, offensive, threatening or harassing language,
or personal attacks.

• Prejudiced or hurtful comments that encourage discrimination or discriminate on
the basis of creed, color, age, religion, gender, marital status, national origin, physical
or mental disability, or sexual orientation.

• Spam

• Advertisements for commercial services or goods.

• Posts and comments that advocate illegal activity.

• Political statements that endorse or oppose political candidates.

• Obscene or sexual content, or links to obscene or sexual content.

• Information that could compromise the safety or security of the public or public systems.

Please Note: Comments expressed on the West Hennepin’s social networking sites do not reflect the opinions or positions of West Hennepin Public Safety Department, its employees or elected officials.

Data Practices and Records Retention: To the extent that any content on social media is government data, such data are transitory communications and will not be retained.

In the event of an emergency, call 9-1-1 for a Police, Fire or EMS response.
West Hennepin Public Safety Department cannot guarantee a timely emergency response to comments posted on social media sites.