Port Wentworth Emergency Management's missions is to promote the protection of life and property against man-made and natural disasters by directing the state's efforts in the areas of prevention, preparedness, mitigation, response, and recovery. The purpose of the Port Wentworth Emergency Management's social media accounts is to present matters of public interest. We encourage you to submit your
questions, comments, and concerns, but please note these are moderated online discussion sites. However, given the need to manage our staff resources (your tax dollars), we generally only monitor comments and postings during regular business hours. Once comments posted, the Port Wentworth Emergency Management reserves the right to remove submissions that contain:
-Vulgar language
-Personal attacks of any kind
-Comments or content that promotes, fosters, or perpetuates discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, age, religion, gender, marital status, genetics, status with regard to public assistance, national origin, physical or intellectual disability or sexual orientation
-Spam comments or links to other sites
-Clearly off topic
-Advocate illegal activity
-Promote particular services, products, or political organizations
-Infringe on copyrights or trademarks
-Personally identifiable medical information
-Information that may compromise the safety, security or proceedings of public systems or any criminal or civil investigations. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Banning people: If there are repeated violations of the comments policy above, then the Port Wentworth Emergency Management reserves the right to ban participation on platforms that permit organizations to ban users. Platform rules: Please note that social media platforms have their own rules of conduct, so social media platforms may take their own action to remove comments or ban users, not the Port Wentworth Police Department. The Port Wentworth Emergency Management is not responsible for those actions. Video disclaimer: The Port Wentworth Emergency Management is not responsible for the content provided on “related” and “promoted” videos that are accessible from social media video channels. All viewers should note that these related videos and comments expressed on them do not necessarily reflect the opinions and position of the Port Wentworth Emergency Management or its officers and employees. Archiving: All posts and comments are archived. Private messages: Many social media platforms provide a non-public way to contact the Port Wentworth Emergency Management's social media accounts, however, those conversations are public records and subject to Georgia Freedom of Information Act requests. Updated: July 22, 2021
