Walton Co. Sheriff has facebook page.."cool"

**Chief Deputy TC** · 07-31-2009, 08:59 PM

Facebook users search: "Walton County Sheriff"

All the news releases, traffic information and great photos. "Progressive"...you go Mike!

**kurt** · 07-31-2009, 09:14 PM

link?

**Chief Deputy TC** · 07-31-2009, 09:23 PM

Try Login | Facebook

**SWGB** · 08-01-2009, 01:15 AM

That's great, but the Sheriff might want to consider a fan page. Normal pages are restricted to 5,000 members and I'm pretty sure there are more than 5,000 people in Walton County on Facebook.

Having said that kudos for adding to the various communications methods.

**GoodWitch58** · 08-01-2009, 07:18 AM

Still wish they would post the news releases on Sowal...if he can Facebook, then........

**ShallowsNole** · 08-01-2009, 11:33 AM

Really interesting, since all Walton County employee computers are blocked from Facebook....

**wrobert** · 08-01-2009, 11:37 AM

Originally Posted by SWGB

Normal pages are restricted to 5,000 members and I'm pretty sure there are more than 5,000 people in Walton County on Facebook.

What would make you think that?

**wrobert** · 08-01-2009, 11:37 AM

Originally Posted by goodwitch58

Still wish they would post the news releases on Sowal...if he can Facebook, then........

Never happy.

**SWGB** · 08-01-2009, 12:04 PM

Originally Posted by wrobert

What would make you think that?

Okay let me rephrase. The cap is 5,000, there are quite a few people that would join outside of Walton County just to keep up with the area. I'm just pointing out that there is a limit to a page and that the fan pages are unlimited.

**kurt** · 08-01-2009, 02:46 PM

Originally Posted by SWGB

That's great, but the Sheriff might want to consider a fan page. Normal pages are restricted to 5,000 members and I'm pretty sure there are more than 5,000 people in Walton County on Facebook.

Having said that kudos for adding to the various communications methods.

It is a "business page".

**GoodWitch58** · 08-01-2009, 03:32 PM

Originally Posted by ShallowsNole

Really interesting, since all Walton County employee computers are blocked from Facebook....

are you blocked from Sowal?

**SWGB** · 08-01-2009, 03:42 PM

Originally Posted by goodwitch58

are you blocked from Sowal?

Nope, she's gotta use that for "research".

**ShallowsNole** · 08-01-2009, 08:54 PM

Originally Posted by goodwitch58

are you blocked from Sowal?

No, but my usage is closely monitored. Lunch break only.

**Johnny Post** · 08-01-2009, 10:56 PM

quote=goodwitch58;593062]Still wish they would post the news releases on Sowal...if he can Facebook, then........

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While I love SoWal, I don't consider it a primary source of general news information. Its great for updates and commentary, but honestly, these forums would be pretty boring if all we got was press releases or threads that simply linked to a television station/newspaper site for a story.

I also believe that you can get news releases directly from the WCSO website.

With regard to the use of Facebook, SoWal, or anyother online forum for news releases, I find it refreshing that Walton County (at least a part of its government) has gotten progressive. Robert can certainly tell us about how it wasn't too many years ago that the internet as a communication medium between citizens and government was simply unheard of here.

**GoodWitch58** · 08-02-2009, 08:03 AM

I consider Sowal the best, and often the only source of "as it is happening news" such as a traffic crash, a water emergency, closed roads, clogged roads, etc.

If the SO would post those kinds of things, I think it would be a huge service to the community. It's great there is a Sheriff Facebook page, and I think it would be even greater if there was a Sowal Community News Information page from him as well.

**Smiling JOe** · 08-02-2009, 11:40 AM

Originally Posted by SWGB

That's great, but the Sheriff might want to consider a fan page. Normal pages are restricted to 5,000 members and I'm pretty sure there are more than 5,000 people in Walton County on Facebook.

Having said that kudos for adding to the various communications methods.

That is true, but many of them don't want the Sheriff to know where they are and what they are up to.

**wrobert** · 08-02-2009, 06:58 PM

Originally Posted by goodwitch58

I consider Sowal the best, and often the only source of "as it is happening news" such as a traffic crash, a water emergency, closed roads, clogged roads, etc.

If the SO would post those kinds of things, I think it would be a huge service to the community. It's great there is a Sheriff Facebook page, and I think it would be even greater if there was a Sowal Community News Information page from him as well.

And it would be great if the Sheriff would personally deliver all of that information directly to me. But not cost effective. With todays technology, if they are providing it at the major sources, get a rss feed reader going on your phone or computer and it will pull the latest information to you as it happens without incurring additional costs by the taxpayers. If you want it here, tell Kurt and let him make it happen.