The official Facebook page for the Berkeley County Sheriff's Office
Our goals and objectives are to provide the citizens of Berkeley County with timely and professional responses to their calls for service. We are committed to creating a safer environment by decreasing the number of all types of crimes committed in our county. We will strive to provide the most efficient law enforcement service possible with the resources allocated to the Sheriff's Office and to provide accountability to the citizens of Berkeley County.
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Berkeley County Sheriff Office (BCSO) Social Media Policy
Reason for Policy
To establish clear guidelines for engaging in conversation via our Facebook page.
Policy
The purpose of the Berkeley County Sheriff Office (BCSO) Facebook Page is to present information of interest to our residents, businesses, employers, employees and visitors. Questions, comments, and concerns are welcome and encouraged, but please note this is a moderated online discussion site and not a public forum.
To promote respectful discussion, we request that you be courteous and avoid comments that are off-topic, profane, obscene, offensive, sexually explicit, inappropriate, inflammatory or otherwise objectionable.
By posting a comment or other material to our Facebook page, users give BCSO the irrevocable right to review, edit, and/or delete, in its sole discretion, submissions for any reason, including but not limited to:
• Comments that contain offensive, obscene, inflammatory, unlawful, threatening, harassing, illegal, defamatory, slanderous, or hostile language towards any individual or entity.
• Comments that contain personal attacks of any kind.
• Comments that contain offensive remarks that target or disparage any ethnic, racial, political, or religious group.
• Comments that contain spam or include links to other sites.
• Comments that are off topic.
• Comments that advocate illegal activity.
• Comments that promote or endorse particular services, products, or political organizations.
• Comments that infringe on copyrights or trademarks.
• Comments that contain personally identifiable information. This refers to information that can be used to distinguish or trace an individual's identity, either alone or when combined with other personal or identifying information that is linked or linkable to a specific individual. To protect your privacy, please do not share personal information.
The comments expressed by others on our Facebook page do not reflect the opinions and position of BCSO. By posting a comment or material of any kind on our Facebook page, the user hereby agrees to the Policy set forth above. BCSO reserves the right to ban users from this site for violations of this policy.
The mission of the Berkeley County Sheriff's Office is to make a priority of protecting the lives and property of citizens who reside in Berkeley County. The agency will strive to achieve this mission by utilizing every resource available to deliver effective law enforcement services to enhance crime prevention and detection to facilitate public safety and foster community partnership with the agency.
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