The Twitter Feed

For those of you who haven't noticed my nifty little "Now Tweeting!" Banner at the top right corner of the Blog...I am here to tell you that I am...now tweeting! If you're wondering why I chose to do this now, rather than when I set up the Facebook Page(s) or even why I didn't do it when I set up the blog, I'll tell you this...I'm over 40. And really, I always had the impression that Twitter was a younger person's game, or that you had to be relegated to celebrity status in order to have a Twitter account.
Not so, I've come to find out. Let's start with the raw truth: I began the Twitter account when I was looking for a new way to promote the SCW Live Show that I just performed in June. I had saved my name (Suddenly Cop Wife) a while back but had never done anything about it. A much younger friend (read: computer techie guy) convinced me to at least grab my name at that point. I did it, figuring I would never actually use the thing. Then came The Show. And then came the finding out about a new social medium.
Let me say this: I like Twitter. It's different than Facebook, which most people don't get...I think I thought it was just a shorter version of Facebook posts, but it's not, and in some ways it's far more real.
Much to my chagrin, here's what I've found this week under #NYPD:

Fact: In over half of all #stopandfrisk #NYPD cites “high crime area” as “additional circumstance” even in precincts w/ below average crime...

We have @MikeBloomberg & his unaccountable #NYPD on the defensive. Now let's end #StopandFrisk once and for all. http://www.ny1.com/content/news_beats/political_news/164304/mayor-defends-stop-and-frisk-even-as-state-courts-object-to-its-use

Really? 104 Pct Cops in Queens NY giving out citations for people with sparklers! I'm sure you guys had nothing better to do! #NYPD #FAIL

The War on Muslims, New York Style: http://bit.ly/NQyhgE
| Welcome to the largest spying programme by a local law enforcement agency. #NYPD



Of course, I can go on and I would bore us all to tears. But the sad truth is this: the overwhelming number of tweets about the NYPD are negative. I have managed to ferret out a couple of candidates kids who are entering the upcoming Academy class on July 11th and wish them well; I feel like Mama Bear giving them Twitter encouragement, but let's just say I wish I had one of me when Roc was going through the Academy.
The happy truth is that most members of the NYPD work hard every day to make NYC a better, safer place to live. And I will continue thanking them...on Twitter...and everywhere I can.