Columbine Valley Police Facebook Page
Social Media Commenting Policy -
The Town of Columbine Valley makes use of social media to engage residents and visitors and to promote Town programs and services. No communication to the Town of Columbine Valley through this social media shall be deemed to constitute legal or official notice for any purpose. The Town of Columbine Valley's use of external social media tools is provided as a public service. The Town of Columbine Valley disclaims liability for ads, videos, promoted content or comments accessible from any external web page. Any inclusion of external content or comments on external social media web sites does not imply endorsement by the Town. The Town of Columbine Valley reserves the right and may choose to reprint comments/materials placed on the social media web sites to other media/audiences. The Town reserves the right to remove comments/materials from Town social media tools when those comments/materials, in the Town's sole discretion, are inappropriate. Inappropriate comments include the examples listed below. Additionally, the Town reserves the right to terminate a person's ability to post comments/materials or otherwise participate in the Town's social media tools when the person has repeatedly posted inappropriate comments/materials.
Prohibited Comments:
- Commercial promotions
- Comments in support or opposition to political campaigns or ballot measures
- Comments or links not topically related to the particular topic being commented upon
- Hateful or mean-spirited comments
- Plagiarized material or material that potentially violates intellectual property rights
- Private, personal information published without consent
- Information that may tend to compromise the safety or security of the public or public systems
- Comments that violate any law or promote the violation of any law
- Comments that encourage or constitute legally prohibited discriminatory or harassing conduct
- Personal attacks, insults, profane, name-calling, or threatening language
- Obscene or sexually explicit comments
- Comments made by a person masquerading as someone else
- Content that promotes, fosters, or perpetuates discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, age, religion, gender, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, physical or mental disability, sexual identification or orientation, or national origin.
The mission of the Columbine Valley Police Department is to protect life and property, enhance the quality of life, and protect Constitutional Rights, through partnership with the community.
Bret A. Cottrell - Chief of Police
