Lieutenant Chris Bolton of the Oakland Police Department was skeptical of social media in 2011
As the Chief of Staff for Oakland’s Chief of Police and a 13-year-vet at the time, he didn’t see the benefits of having a department-monitored social media presence. “Without having tried [social media] and without knowing anyone else in law enforcement who was using it, I associated it with many more risks and consequences than I did with benefits,” he says
That was Bolton’s mindset until April 2, 2012, when 43-year-old One Goh entered Oikos University, a Korean Christian college in Oakland, Calif. Goh carried with him a .45-caliber handgun which he used to murder seven people at the school before surrendering to police at a nearby Safeway Read more…
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