Barrow Police in ‘Twitter Takeover’ event

Police in Barrow are teaming up with colleagues from emergency services to carry out a 24 hour ‘Twitter Takeover’ on Saturday 29^th June.

Following on from the success of their first Twitter event last year, representatives from Barrow police, Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service and Bay Search and Rescue will tweet about a selection of the call outs they deal with over the course of 24 hours to give the community an insight into the work that goes on around the clock to keep them safe.

Cumbria Constabulary Inspector, Mike O’Hagan, who is in charge of the policing team in Barrow said “The whole aim of this event is to raise awareness of the diverse and complex role of the emergency services in Barrow.

“We hope to highlight the volume of emergency and non-emergency calls that we, and our partners deal with on a daily basis, to help keep local communities safe.

“Our Twitter account, @barrowpolice, now has over 5,000 followers and by publishing basic information about our activity over a 24 hour period, we hope to encourage more local people to log onto Twitter to see what work goes on around the clock.

‘’Followers of Barrow Police on Twitter will be aware that whilst the account provides a valuable source for community information, the informal nature of some of the tweets we send out reaches out to an online generation and keeps followers engaged.”

The agencies participating in the event will use #barrow999 as part of any Twitter posts during the period. To log onto the web chat, go to: www.cumbria.police.uk/barrow