Q: “Are You On Twitter?” A: “Not Till the Denton Cops Booked Me for Possession.”
Plenty of government agencies are dipping their toes into the Twitter waters these days, but when we found the Denton Police Department’s Twitter page this afternoon, we knew we’d found something truly special.
With automated posts for everyone booked at the jail since Sunday night, the feed comes complete with a person’s mug shot, age and what they were booked for. It’s enough to make us forget all about Craigslist’s Missed Connections.
Clicking through the mug shots on TwitPic is like strolling through a portrait exhibit on resignation and regret. It’s a remarkable leap in open government and connecting to the community.