St. Petersburg ' cyber- police station ' mastered the World Wide Web

A rare venture of the St. Petersburg police received universal approval of citizens. In early November, ' the mighty handful ' of 44 operatives of the police department of Primorsky district decided to go to the World Wide Web using the resource vkontakte. ru. The idea came to mind not only locals, but also police officers from other areas of St. Petersburg.

In November last year, three policemen and 44 police department an officer the Primorsky District Prosecutor's Office organized on a popular network share and the group of ' Crime in the Seaside '. To access the Internet has forced police life. ... Although the ads, even photos of detainees - maybe someone will know the offender. Hanging out there and video cameras that wrote like a bastard in the stairwell beat and robbed a woman '.

According Pankevich, before the police wanted to create a full website, but could not, so while working with people. www. vkontakte. ru. ' Here, professionals. For example, a person who responds to questions about thefts - an investigator who is conducting these case. We would like to make the topic of drugs, there are also specialists will be ' - explained Pankevich.

Since then, more than two months, and the results of initiatives already possible to judge. When in December, the group consisted of fifteen hundred people, at the moment there are already five thousand. regular participants. Sam Pankevich evaluates the results of his work thus: ' The initiative proved to be useful and effective. Citizens actively help us, and in some cases have already appeared tangible results '.

' These groups are created on the personal initiative of operational workers. The initiative is compatible with the management of police in St. Petersburg and Leningrad region. Practice shows that the work on the Internet often helps police solve crimes ' - said the press service of the chief police department in St. Petersburg and Leningrad region Vyacheslav Stepchenko.

It should be noted that the users of the resource. www. vkontakte. ru. satisfied with the appearance of ' militia ' groups. Polls show that most of them voted not only for the continuation of their work, but also actively advocate for ensuring that pictures of criminals openly published on the Internet. And the photos are published. And the fact that the Internet is constantly tracked by police initiative superiors confirm funny posts moderators about this content: ... ru.