Our social media channels are not managed continuously. However, we will respond to your reactions in a timely and well-founded manner. In urgent cases, please call the police emergency number 110.
You can also find lots of information on police-related topics on the NRW police website under the menu item Tasks or by searching.
What we think of social media
Children today learn to swim, ride a bike, tie their shoes or make their own breakfast much later than they learn to use apps or a computer mouse. When 16-year-olds today write an average of 1000 messages per day on social media, this seems a lot in the eyes of their parents, but normal in their peer group.
Social networks are the number one source of information and the virtual clinical thermometer of the population. No television crew is ready to report faster than the people on the ground with their smartphones.
Social media have fundamentally changed our world and our actions and are increasingly shaping everyday police work. The Kleve district police authority is taking on the major challenge of using the highly competitive virtual information market to its advantage. Of course, it is not about cutting costs, increasing profits and sales figures or winning new customers. Our aim is to provide fast and well-founded information about the work of the Kleve district police.
In NRW, all police headquarters and also the district authorities use social media. There is also a central NRW police YouTube channel.
How to recognize the real police on social media
Unfortunately, there are many offers on social media that look deceptively similar to real police offers. Police press releases, images and emblems are used to give the impression that it is a police page. The NRW police will take action against the operators of these websites using all legal means at its disposal.
A police website can be recognized by the following features:
- It has a uniform naming convention (NRW police and name/name abbreviation of the police authority).
- It is usually certified by the platform provider (tick in a blue circle).
- It has a police star with an authority logo.
- Data for contacting outside the social network is provided