Nextdoor launches new app for public agencies like police, fire departments, and city halls, allowing them to post updates and push out geotargeted alerts
Sarah Holder / CityLab : Tweets: @sarahsholder , @nextdoor , @citylab , @sarahsholder , @citylab , @math_rachel , @rickpaulas , @derektmead , and @hypervisible Tweets: Sarah Holder / @sarahsholder : streamlining the process of crime reporting down to a click can end up escalating minor complaints, says @math_rachel, citing @hypervisible: Sedona's police chief told me Nextdoor “reinvigorated” communities, encouraging them to contact/trust police https://www.citylab.com/... @nextdoor : “We take the approach that proactive safety and preparedness and positivity is a better way for law enforcement ... to engage with local communities.” - #Nextdoor Head of Product @tmamut on our new app for public agencies #nextdoorgov via @CityLab http://r.socialstudio.radian6.com/ ... @citylab : For Nextdoor, the feature brings another tool to what has proved to be one of the social network's most compelling use cases: crime monitoring. https://www.citylab.com/... Sarah Holder / @sarahsholder : NEW: nextdoor is launching an app for public agencies. it reflects a broader push on the part of tech companies to align themselves more closely with local institutions like the police https://www.citylab.com/... @citylab : With the launch of this new app, Nextdoor is making its alignment with public institutions more explicit. https://www.citylab.com/... Rachel Thomas / @math_rachel : I'm concerned about the trend of opaque private-public partnerships of corporations with police or other core government services that were traditionally more publicly managed. Article by @sarahsholder on Nextdoor's Forward to Police feature https://www.citylab.com/... https://twitter.com/... Rick Paulas / @rickpaulas : A lot of people say that “Twitter isn't real life” (they're wrong) but Nextdoor *absolutely* is real life, unless you think that a select group of people having a private direct line to police and public officials doesn't make a difference. https://twitter.com/... @derektmead : Nextdoor to partner with police because offering users access to the punitive powers of the state is the next phase of growth hacking https://www.citylab.com/... One Ring / @hypervisible : “The effectiveness of Nextdoor's use in community policing isn't clear. In its marketing materials, the company draws a correlation between department platform use and crime reduction.” https://twitter.com/...