Posting Guidelines
The Harrisonburg Police Department page was created to enhance communication with the public and allows for comments and postings. HPD does reserve the right to uphold the family-friendly content standards intended for this page. We ask that you familiarize yourself with our guidelines. The social media team will remove:
• Comments that contain obscene, abusive, hatef
ul, defamatory and/or vulgar language; or that target or disparage any civic, ethnic, racial, religious group, or other protected class.
• Explicit or implied sexual content.
• Posts that invade or violate the privacy rights of others may be removed.
• Promotional postings, solicitations, links or advertisements.
• Content that promotes violence or the violation of any federal, state, or local law, regulation or ordinance.
• The posting of any link or application that would damage or harm anyone’s computer or software.
• Comments that violate copyrights or registered trademarks.
• Comments that do not pertain to the blog/posting.
• Comments that are misleading or promote false information. HPD understands and encourages respectful disagreement and appreciates hearing directly from the public. Please participate with respect and courtesy; personal attacks are not appropriate and may also be removed. Disclaimer: Individuals participate at their own risk, taking personal responsibility for your comments, your username and any information provided. Third-party hosting: Although HPD posts content in an official capacity on this social media platform, HPD does not own the platform. The appearance of external links/ads on this site does not constitute endorsement by HPD. Additionally, HPD is not responsible for archiving user content on this platform. Public view: This is an official government agency page, therefore all comments and posts to the page may be open to the public’s view.
