Centerville Ohio Police Department

For emergency assistance please call 911. For non-emergency assistance please call 937-433-7661. Social Media Guidelines

Thank you for being a fan of the Centerville Police Department. The Centerville Police Department participates in social media to inform and engage individuals and organizations within and surrounding our community. Comments containing any of the following inappropriate forms of content shall not be permitted and are subject to removal and/or restriction:
• Comments not related to the original topic, including random or unintelligible comments;
• Profane, obscene, violent, or pornographic content and/or language;
• Content that promotes, fosters or perpetuates discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, age, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability or national origin;
• Defamatory or personal attacks;
• Threats to any person or organization;
• Vulgar, distasteful or disrespectful comments;
• Comments in support of, or in opposition to, any political campaigns or ballot measures;
• Solicitation of commerce, including but not limited to advertising of any business or product for sale;
• Conduct in violation of any federal, state or local law;
• Encouragement of illegal activity;
• Information that may tend to compromise the safety or security of the public or public systems;
• Content that violates a legal ownership interest, such as a copyright, of any party;
• Repetitive or duplicative posts by single or multiple users. A comment posted by a member of the public on any Centerville Police Department social media site is the opinion of the commentator or poster only, and publication of a comment does not imply endorsement of, or agreement by the Centerville Police Department, nor do such comments necessarily reflect the opinions or policies of the department. The social media committee in coordination with the Chief of Police shall monitor its social media sites for comments requesting responses and for comments in violation of this policy. Facebook visitor posts are disabled. The public can make a comment publicly on a post or send a private message through Facebook. Anyone with questions related to the operation of this social media account, please contact the Centerville Police Department at (937)433-7661.