Terms of Use Guidelines
This is an official page of the Merriam Woods Police Department in Merriam Woods Missouri. This page has been created to provide information to people who live, work, and visit our area along with those with an interest in our police agency and our activity on Facebook. This page is checked by members of the Merriam Woods Police Department's Public Relations Unit
but is NOT monitored 24 hours a day or 7 days per week. DO NOT USE THIS TOOL FOR THE REPORTING OF EMERGENCIES OR CRIMES/CRIMINAL ACTIVITY. If you have a non-emergency issue and need an officer to respond, please call dispatch at 417.546.7250. To call the police department directly, dial 417.561.1001. Comments posted by people other than members of our agency are not to be considered the opinion of the Merriam Woods Police Department nor does the Merriam Woods Police Department endorse any third-party comments on this page. We welcome a person's right to express his/her opinion and encourage posters to keep comments related to content on this page and content specific to posts you may be responding to / commenting on. This page is to be considered a Limited Public Forum. As such, we reserve the right to remove information posted by anyone that violates the 'Terms Of Use' of Facebook along with those listed below. Before posting on this page, please review the terms below: A posting on this page constitutes acceptance of these terms. If you post information related to a crime on this page, you may be placing yourself in the position of becoming a witness in court proceedings and identifying yourself to anyone as a witness. We reserve the right to remove and/or block anyone who posts inappropriate material as determined by us. We reserve the right to remove any comments that are inappropriate or offensive, including comments that:
defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or violate the legal rights of others,
include racism, hatred, slander, threats, obscenity, violence, vulgarity, spam or advertisements or the promotion of those,
have personal information about another person or that violate a person's privacy interests,
include copyrighted material belonging to another person,
contain links to inappropriate or offensive websites. content that incites violence or references killing anyone
content that reveals police tactics or that could compromise officer safety
content that could compromise a police response to future crimes or incidents
content that reveals victim information
content that is repetitive or duplicative
content that is commercial
The Merriam Woods Police Department does not allow posting of photos or videos by anyone other than members of our agency without prior approval. If you have photos or videos you'd like to share on this page, message us on Facebook or contact us at [email protected]
Postings are subject to all applicable Federal, State of Missouri, and Merriam Woods legislation.
