Our social media accounts are maintained and monitored by Rockford Department of Public Safety personnel during regular business hours. The primary purpose of our social media platforms is to disseminate information of interest to Rockford residents. We welcome your comments and questions to the information posted here. For an emergency, please call 911. If you have a law enforcement concern or is
sue, please call our non-emergency line at 616-866-9557. We encourage comments and interactions from residents and visitors. We will be courteous and professional in our postings and ask that you do the same. The Rockford Department of Public Safety reserves the right to delete or censor comments with content that:
• Contains a personal attack, insult, racial slur or any other derogatory term
• Is harassing, intimidating or other forms of bullying
• Is off-topic and unrelated to the original post
• Uses foul language or is sexually explicit, including “masked” profanity
• Promotes hate or discrimination of any kind
• Is blatant spam, including advertising commercial services or products
• Encourages illegal activity or violates and local, state or federal law
• Endorses candidates or a particular stance on an active ballot measure or specific legislation
• Contains random or unintelligible text
• Compromises the safety or security of the public or public systems
• Contains images, videos or links to sites that do not conform to these guidelines
• Contains viruses or computer code
We understand that social media is a 24/7 medium; however, our moderation capabilities are not. We may not see every inappropriate comment right away. We trust in the maturity of our community to ignore personal attacks and negative speech or respond politely. The Rockford Department of Public Safety is not responsible for settling disagreements with users, nor will a comment be removed solely at the request of a user. Repeated violations of the above policy may cause the author to be permanently blocked from the Rockford Department of Public Safety's social media platforms. Our goal is to share and exchange information with those interested in topics relating to the City of Rockford community and to strengthen the relationship between the community and Public Safety Department.
