Police Department page. The purpose of these pages is to permit authorized employees of the Orange Police Department to provide the public with information concerning public safety, news, events, activities, stories, photographs, and videos, and to disseminate other information and material intended to increase public awareness of the Orange Police Department activities. The page
is not the forum to use to report any crime. If you have an emergency, please call 911. If you wish to report a crime, call the Orange Police Department at 978-544-2128. Please do not use these pages to report crime or suspicious activities. The Orange Police Department’s page is available and open to the public for viewing and participation. However, it is a purposefully controlled online site established for a limited purpose. All postings and comments are, in addition to the terms and conditions established by Facebook, subject to the following terms and conditions established by the Orange Police Department:
By submitting or posting a comment on this page, you acknowledge having read, reviewed, and agreed to the terms and conditions set forth herein. The Orange Police Department page is not meant for comments that do not directly relate to the purpose and topical scope of the page. Only comments consistent with the terms and conditions set forth herein by the Orange Police Department and the terms and conditions set forth by Facebook will be allowed. Consistent with the purpose of these pages, Orange Police Department reserves the right to remove comments that are:
Not directly related to the purpose and topical scope of the page. Obscene. Child po*******hy. Incitement to imminent lawless action. Speech presenting a grave and imminent threat. Fighting words. True threats. Fraud. Defamation (libel/slander). Solicitations to commit, or speech integral to, criminal conduct. Promotions or advertisements of business or commercial transactions. Promotions in favor of, or in opposition to, a candidate campaigning for election to political office. Copyrighted materials (if posted without the copyright holder’s consent). Violating any local, state, or federal law. Robo-spam and comments posted by automatic software programs (known as “bots”) will be removed if necessary to ensure access for the general public. DISCLAIMERS
The page and its content are managed by the Orange Police Department’s staff. All comments posted to the page are subject to monitoring and review by the Orange Police Department. The Orange Police Department reserves the right to remove or prohibit postings with the content described above. The page is not monitored 24/7. The Orange Police Department will review the site and comments on a regular basis. The Orange Police Department is not responsible for, and neither endorses nor opposes, comments posted on the Facebook page by visitors to it. Commenters are personally responsible for their own comments, username, or any information they place on the page. Comments submitted for posting, whether approved for posting or blocked, and any other content on the Orange Police Department page, are subject to any applicable State, Department of Law and Public Safety, and/or the Orange Police Department’s policies for control, use, retention, and destruction of records. Comments submitted for posting, whether approved for posting or blocked, and any other content on the Orange Police Department page, may also be public records subject to the Massachusetts Public Records law. There is no expectation of privacy in information submitted to or posted on the Orange Police Department page by an employee or any other person.
