Section: Technology and Knowledge

Conducted as a part of SOMEP project, which aims to provide vocational improvement in training services with regard to the use of social media by the police, this report discusses the Austrian approach and strategies to implement social media use into Austrian police practices, since social media systems caused a societal change that cannot be ignored by the police. Hence it outlines the Austrian Cyber Securtiy Strategy, followed by an illustration of the Austrian security research programme KIRAS and two topic-relevant projects by KIRAS. Moreover the report summaries a number of newspaper articles, which address concrete examples of social media use by the Austrian police as well as the "social media guidelines" of the police of Wels, who use social media in daily practice.

Authors: Schrammel, M.

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• Project: SOMEP - Solving Crime through Social Media: Improving Vocational Competencies in Security Sector

Tags: security research