Social media

Social media have fundamentally changed our world and our actions and are increasingly shaping everyday police work.

As the number one source of information, social networks are the population's virtual clinical thermometer. No television crew is ready to report faster than the people on the ground with their smartphones.

For some years now, the police have been facing the major challenge of exploiting the highly competitive virtual information market. Of course, the aim is not to cut costs, increase profits and sales figures or win new customers. The police want to use social media, for example, to recruit new recruits or provide information in crisis situations. And last but not least, we want to get into conversation with you. Before you visit our pages, however, we would like to provide you with some important information on the subject of data protection.

General information on the topic of data protection can be found on the website of the responsible supervisory authority for data protection in North Rhine-Westphalia, the State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information of North Rhine-Westphalia: www.ldi.nrw.de .