For emergencies, contact 000 or 131 444 for non urgent matters. The Acceptable Use Standards set rules that must be followed by members of the public when they contribute to police social media pages and accounts. The Acceptable Use Standards help to create an environment where community members can contribute their views to assist the NSW Police Force or improve police policy or services, without fear of abuse or harassment or exposure to offensive or otherwise inappropriate content. The standards also help protect the NSW Police Force from legal liability. When contributing your views please ensure that you:
- protect your personal privacy and that of others by not including any unnecessarily personal information in your posts (such as names, email addresses, private addresses or phone numbers)
- report information about crime or persons of interest directly to Crime Stoppers or a police station, not to this page
- post material that is relevant to the issues currently being discussed
- represent your own views and not impersonate or falsely represent any other person or organisation
- do not post material or use language that is obscene, offensive, indecent, pornographic, insulting, provocative, or harasses, intimidates or threatens others
- do not use language that incites hatred based on race, gender, religion, nationality, sexuality or other personal characteristic
- do not post material that encourages behaviour that may constitute a criminal offence or create a civil liability, or otherwise violate a law
- do not post or upload any content that is unlawful, is in contempt of court or breaches a court injunction or may defame, libel or discriminate against others
- do not post material that is prejudicial or pre-judges a person who has been arrested and charged, but who has not yet had the opportunity of defending themselves in court
- do not post material that infringes copyright, trademark or other intellectual property rights
- do not post multiple versions of the same view (spam)
- do not promote commercial interests in your posts; and
- do not include internet addresses or links to non-government department webpages, or any email addresses, in your contribution. Postings which breach the Acceptable Use Standards may be deleted or the author banned from this page. In extreme cases breaches may result in criminal or civil sanctions.
