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USA Today
Cops Using YouTube to Find Criminals
This article identifies the following instances where social media has helped solve a crime.
Police in Suffolk, Va., were able to identify suspects involved in a Dec. 14 street fight when cellphone videos were posted on YouTube.
Police in Chattanooga, Tenn., discovered an online forum where residents were planning illegal drag races, staked out the area and ticketed participants.
Police in Los Angeles used YouTube and Flickr to identify people suspected of being involved in riots following the June 2009 NBA Championship.
In November, police in Minneapolis and St. Paul, arrested four people for assault after seeing videos they had posted of themselves.
A Minneapolis man accused in a shooting was recently arrested after telling a friend about the crime in a Facebook message.
In December, Massachusetts authorities caught a child-**** suspect after learning about his whereabouts on Facebook.
Police have established a tip line for citizens to report information they think might help solve a crime.
Forget surveillance video and eye witness accounts. More and more, Facebook, YouTube and other social media tools are providing evidence to nab the bad guys.
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More than 40 police departments across the country are turning to YouTube, the popular video repository of social media, to communicate with the public and catch criminals.
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and if "local departments have figured it out, only the most naive of the naive, could possibly think the feds haven't....AND most likely on a much more sophisticated scale.