West Midlands Police will give its Facebook followers a live insight into response policing on Wednesday (9 March).
The force will be using the social network’s new live video broadcasting feature - Facebook Live - to take followers to live incidents as they’re called in across the region.
Superintendent Kerry Blakeman − who was named ‘top cop’ at last year’s international SMILE conference − will be on hand to explain how the force works to keep people safe, 24 hours a day.
Supt Blakeman explained: "For a number of years we’ve brought our followers live video - be it through YouTube or Periscope on Twitter.
"This new format gives us another way to reach out to people across the West Midlands and showcase the hard work we do on a daily basis.
"We’ll also be inviting questions during the broadcasts and look forward to answering those and helping people understand our work throughout the evening."
The series of live broadcasts will begin on Wednesday afternoon and will continue into the evening from the West Midlands Police Facebook page − follow #WMPLive to join in.
The force currently has more than 117,000 ‘likes’ on Facebook and 225,000 followers on Twitter and reaches more than one million people a week through social media.
Find out more about how you can follow West Midlands Police online here.
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