Operational Updates
Engaging with Social Media Over the last two years, FWPD has published elaborate videos to fuel interest in becoming a police officer in Fort Worth. The first video, Darth Vader Interview, has been viewed by more than 200,000 on YouTube and over one million times on Facebook since its release in December 2015. In December 2016, the department released Stormtrooper Recruit, which received more than 20 million views on Facebook. FWPD focused on a Police Officer’s first day of work in 2017. The video stars Chewbacca and follows him on his first day on the job. Things do not go well for the Wookie, who ends up escalating a routine traffic stop and harming a recruit (all in fun, of course). The post for the video reads, “We know things have been tough for Chewbacca lately. We hoped that we could find a place for him within our Department. Did it go well? You decide.” As of December 2017, the video had received over 2 million views.
FWPD Awarded 3rd Place Golden Post Award The 2017 “Golden Post Awards” is an award program designed to honor outstanding use of social media by local and state government agencies in the United States. Over 124 agencies across the nation submitted videos in six different categories. On April 12, during a ceremony at the 2017 Government Social Media Conference and Expo, FWPD’s Stormtrooper Recruitment video placed third in the Golden Post Awards Best Use of Humor in Social Media category. In this Star Wars spoof, a Stormtrooper tries to infiltrate FWPD’s ranks but struggles with hitting the target. It is not until he is within a few feet that he is able to actually hit the target and almost hits a Fort Worth police officer in the process.
FWPD Receives 3rd Place Golden Post Award
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