Police departments at Hermosa Beach, Redondo Beach, El Segundo and some others have started creating facebook pages and twitter. They use them to let people know about road closures, arrests and even management changes.

Check out what Brian Evanskijel, a lieutenant at the El Segundo Police Department, has to say about it:  http://www.annenbergprograms.com/atvn/fa2006/facebookcrimeweb.wav .

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