BLOGGERS BYTE BACK AT LAPD'S ONLINE FORAY.Byline: JOSH KLEINBAUM Staff Writer In its first week, the LAPD's Internet blog included posts about police recruiting, deadly car crashes, the federal consent decree A settlement of a lawsuit or criminal case in which a person or company agrees to take specific actions without admitting fault or guilt for the situation that led to the lawsuit. A consent decree is a settlement that is contained in a court order. , police recruiting, a corrupt cop, a heroic cop, and, yes, more police recruiting. The blog has found a generally receptive audience but like all things in the unfiltered Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. Remove this template after wikifying. This article has been tagged since blogosphere The total universe of blogs. See blog. , reaction from other bloggers can be swift -- and sometimes brutal. ``LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. starts blog,'' writes David Miller David Miller could refer to any of the following:
On suicidegirls.com, a blogger who goes by the name ``low culture'' also took the sarcastic approach: ``What a remarkable development in the potential for interaction between time-killing Angeleno office workers and the cops who police the streets around their office buildings!'' The world of bloggers welcomed the LAPD a week ago with a combination of skepticism and excitement. Some said the department's foray into Verb 1. foray into - enter someone else's territory and take spoils; "The pirates raided the coastal villages regularly" raid encroach upon, intrude on, obtrude upon, invade - to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate; "This new colleague invades my the 21st century marked the arrival of blogging in the mainstream. ``Whenever I think of the police, I do not think internet,'' Christopher Salazar blogged at ebizz.wordpress.com. ``Either way, police departments can easily harness the Internet and use it to their advantage... This is definitely an interesting find. Blogging is almost mainstream, this is really a big jump.'' A handful of bloggers questioned what the LAPD will write about a major scandal. That's the real test, they said, which will determine whether it's an honest look inside the workings of the Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . or simply a public-relations vehicle to deliver recycled press releases. ``The question is, how is this department going to respond to a major incident, a Devin Brown Devin Brown (born December 30, 1978 in Salt Lake City, Utah[1]) is an American National Basketball Association player currently with the Cleveland Cavaliers. Brown was raised in San Antonio, Texas. shooting or a Susie Pena shooting?'' said Lt. Ruben De La Torre La Torre is a municipality located in the province of Ávila, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 357 inhabitants. , who is in charge of the department's Public Communications Section and runs lapdblog.org. ``It'll be interesting to see what happens. I know our chief wants us to be open in those situations.'' L.A.'s is the largest police department in the country to operate a blog -- joining the city Fire and Animal Services departments to use the Internet bulletin board to disseminate information to the public. In its first week, more than 28,000 people viewed the blog. On Friday alone, 3,203 people had viewed the blog by 1:30 p.m., De La Torre said. Chief William Bratton has said he wants the blog to create a dialogue between the department and the community. He posted a welcome message May 11, but has not posted since -- he's been on vacation in Italy this week, De La Torre said. As of Friday, there were 128 comments posted in response to 22 posts. All comments must be approved by De La Torre -- he said he screens for foul language and links to pornography, but not whether the comment is positive or negative. The department has not posted any responses to comments -- ``Perhaps they are waiting for back-up?'' said Bob Toovey at blogging4business.com -- but De La Torre said he was preparing responses to two comments Friday afternoon. ``They're really interested in engaging their core constituency 7/8 they want to give their community the chance to interact with them,'' said Teresa Valdez Klein, a blogger for blogbusinesssummit.com, which runs clinics for the business-blogging community. ``The police department, especially in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , they really need to work hard to become community figures, not just cops.'' So far, most of the posts on the blog On The Blog is a British radio comedy series that was first broadcast in May/June 2007 on BBC Radio 2. It starred Andy Taylor as the nerdish wargaming blogger Andrew Glasgow who was the central character of the series. were simply press releases that would have been posted on the LAPD's Web site before it launched the blog. Still, some bloggers believe that putting the same information in blog form invites user input in the form of comments and makes it more welcoming to the average Joe. ``You feel like you're getting the inside scoop, rather than something that's just written for the media,'' said Nicole Criona, a blogger from West Hollywood. ``I'm an avid blog reader. I know a lot of people that are avid blog readers. They're getting more and more popular, and they feel more personal.'' josh.kleinbaum(at)dailynews.com (818) 713-3669 CAPTION(S): box Box: Bloggers sound off on new LAPD site |
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