For non-emergency police matters, dial 352-955-1818. GPD's Facebook is NOT designed as a contact point to report criminal activity and is NOT monitored 24 hours. Gainesville Police Departmentโs Use of Social Media Sites
If a social media site used by the Gainesville Police Department allows for comments to be posted by the public, GPD reserves the right to edit or remove content based on the criteria listed below. The purpose of any Gainesville Police Departmentโs social media site is to facilitate a moderated online discussion directly relating to topics posted by GPD.
โข Criteria to edit or remove content: Comments not topically related to the initial posting;
โข Profane language or content;
โข 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, national origin, physical or mental disability or sexual orientation;
โข Sexual content or links to sexual content;
โข Solicitations of commerce;
โข Conduct that is unlawful or encourages unlawful conduct;
โข Information that may tend to compromise the safety or security of the public, public systems, or the Gainesville Police Department in any manner;
โข Content that violates a copyright, trademark or other legal ownership interest of any other party;
โข Campaign information from a candidate for elected office or information related to a candidateโs personal campaign.
