At Monday’s Aurora City Council meeting, council members will vote on a resolution that will set guidelines for what the Aurora Police Department can post on social media.
Mayor Pro-Tem Allison Coombs says she and Council Member Gianina Horton are proposing the resolution because she believes APD has strayed from the cohesive message the city wants to send to residents.
“Frankly, there have been a number of instances where there’s been opinion-based commentary on active and pending legislation, at various levels, as well as a few times when there’s been some unprofessional, information language presented, within posts that APD has put out,” said Coombs.
Peggy O’Neil Jones, Professor Emeritus of Journalism and Media Production at Metro State University Denver, says that organizations regulating what their departments post online isn’t unusual and, in fact, is a good communications strategy…