Southwest Philly’s tweeting detective, Joe Murray, whose updates on Twitter have helped people in the neighborhood keep up with crime trends and have helped make him a local celebrity, has suspended his account until he gets the go ahead from the department’s top brass.
Murray said by e-mail that some inadvisable uses of social media within the Philadelphia Police Department recently prompted him to send a memo to police Commissioner Charles Ramsey seeking formal permission to continue his @thefuzz9143 Twitter account.
The Philadelphia Police Department has increased its use of social media in recent months and it has helped in solving crimes.
Murray said on Twitter that he will let followers know when he gets the go ahead to start tweeting again.
January 13th, 2012 at 8:31 pm
Aw, the MySpace cop ruined it for everyone, didn’t she?
January 15th, 2012 at 3:27 pm
Is there anyways to support him in this?
January 15th, 2012 at 6:04 pm
I emailed the Commissioner Ramsey at police.commissioner@phila.gov
January 17th, 2012 at 11:58 am
Man, I hope he comes back. His tweets have been a great way to keep up with whats been going on in West Philly, I have them pushed right to my phone so I always see whats up. Particularly after the nasty crime spate we had this summer, with the muggings and the rape, which I heard about both here and from Det. Murray’s tweets first.
February 11th, 2012 at 9:39 am
Honestly this makes no sense. He’s providing a service to our community by helping us stay informed. Should his boss have to approve it? Sure, maybe. But it’s been a month later and still nothing. What are they waiting for?
We should start a petition for the Det. Murray.