This is a limited public forum and the Burlington MA Police Department reserves the right to remove any posts that are profane, threatening, discriminatory, defamatory, off-topic, violate privacy or constitute a personal attack. The Burlington Massachusetts Police Department is a full service accredited law enforcement agency located approximately 15 miles Northwest of Boston. This page is not monitored 24/7
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Burlington Police Department page Terms of use
This is the official page of the Burlington Massachusetts Police Department. This page was created to provide people who live and work in Burlington and those with an interest in the Burlington Police Department access to information about the department and a way to interact with the Burlington Police Department. It is not monitored 24/7
This page is a limited public forum with the following conditions. Posting on this page constitutes acceptance of these terms.
• This page is not for reporting emergencies. For emergencies the best way to get assistance is by calling 911
• This page is not for reporting crimes. To report a crime, call the Burlington Police Department at 781-272-1212 or 911 if it’s an emergency.
• This page is not for reporting complaints against employees of the department. This procedure can be found here: https://bpd.org/314/Complaint-Procedure
• If you post information related to a crime on this page, you will be placing yourself in the position of becoming a witness to a crime. You could subject yourself to subpoena and possibly endanger yourself or others.
• Everything you post here or send to us in any electronic format is subject to public review unless there is a specific legal exemption.
• “Friending” "Liking" "Following" or comments made by the Burlington Police Department page or department member profiles related to citizens or other pages does not indicate endorsement of that person’s actions or comments.
• Comments posted by others on the Burlington Police Department page are not to be considered the opinion of the Burlington Police Department. The Burlington Police Department does not endorse any third-party comments on this page.
• The Burlington Police Department reserves the right to remove and/or block anyone who posts inappropriate material as determined by the Burlington Police Department page managers.
• The Burlington Police Department does not allow posting of photos or videos by anyone other than members of the Burlington Police Department.
• If you have photos or videos you’d like to share on this page, please “private message” us.
• For more information about Burlington Police Department please visit www.bpd.org
The Burlington Police Department welcomes a person’s right to express his/her opinion and encourages posters to keep comments related to content on this page. The Burlington Police Department reserves the right to remove or hide any comments that are inappropriate or offensive, including comments that:
• are off-topic, including comments and posts directed at another agency, including other police departments with the same name but are outside of Massachusetts. Off topic comments that are relative to the Burlington Police Department can be emailed to info"at"bpd.org
• defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten, or violate the legal rights of others
• include racism, sexism, hatred, slander, threats, obscenity, violence, vulgarity, misinformation and disinformation
• spam or advertising
• duplicate posts or posts made repeatedly or excessively in a way that interferes with the use of the site by others
• could harm the safety or well-being of any person or entity. This includes personal attacks against members of the public, department employees or other entities
• have personal information about another person or that violate a person’s privacy
• include copyrighted material that belongs to another person or entity
• interferes with an open criminal investigation, internal affairs investigation or ongoing civil or criminal court case
• contain links to inappropriate websites
Again, this is a limited public forum and the Burlington Police Department reserves the right to ban or block anyone who violates these rules from this particular limited public forum. The department also reserves the right to report any accounts that violate the social media providers TOS, or Terms of Service. The Burlington Police Department is not the provider of this service and does not own or hold any data on or about this page. The department will preserve any comments that it takes down but it is not possible to save all posts, comments, likes, interactions, links and metadata.
