Social Media Community Guidelines
These guidelines are in place to help create a safe environment on all social
media channels run by Kent Police. The aim of our social media channels is to create an environment where our communities can engage safely in debate and are free to make comments, suggestions and ask questions.
We ask that anyone engaging with our social media channels show courtesy, kindness and respect for all other members of our social media communities. In order to help create this safe environment we have set out some guidelines which apply to engagement with us or other members of the community on any of our social media channels.
By engaging with our social media channels you agree to follow these guidelines.
Comments must not:
- contain spam, be defamatory of any person, deceive others, be obscene,
offensive, threatening, abusive, hateful, inflammatory or promote
sexually explicit material or violence - promote discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability,
sexual orientation or age - breach any of the terms of any of the social media platforms themselves
- be off-topic, irrelevant or unintelligible
- contain any advertising or promote any services
- risk prejudicing active criminal proceedings
Breach of guidelines
- we reserve the right to determine, at our discretion, whether contributions to our social media channels breach our guidelines
- we reserve the right to hide or delete comments made on our channels, as well as block users who do not follow these guidelines
- we reserve the right to make a copy of any comments we deem appropriate for investigation as we feel necessary or is required for criminal justice purposes
Reporting crime
Our social media accounts are not monitored 24/7.
Please do not use social media to report crime or incidents. If a crime is in progress or there is a threat to life always call 999. For non-emergencies please report online or call 101.
Alternatively, you can report completely anonymously to independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111, or by going to their website.
Complaints
If you have a complaint, please go to our complaints page and complete the online form. This process will ensure your complaint goes to the right team and is appropriately dealt with.
Platform community guidelines
The community guidelines and rules for our social media platforms can be found here:
Image use
Images are subject to Kent Police copyright and must not be used without permission from Kent Police.
