The intended purpose of this City of South Portland Police Department Facebook account is to serve as a mechanism for official communications between the Department and members of the public. The Department retains the right to remove improper content from the site. As guidelines, articles and comments containing any of the following shall not be allowed:
(a) Comments not related to the business
of the South Portland Police Department, or not topically related to the particular social media article being commented upon;
(b) Profane, obscene or pornographic language and/or content;
(c) Content that promotes, fosters or perpetuates discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, age, religion, gender, marital status, national origin, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation or any other status protected by law;
(d) Confidential or personally identifiable information in violation of State or federal law;
(e) Solicitations of commerce;
(f) Conduct or encouragement of illegal activity;
(g) Information that may tend to compromise the safety or security of the public or public systems, including, without limitation, spam, hacking, phishing, or malware distribution or solicitation; or
(h) Content that violates a legal ownership interest, such as a copyright, of any other party. Please refer to the City’s Use of Social Media Policy for additional information at: https://southportland.gov/597/City-Policies
We value our relationship and trust in the community. Thank you, in advance, for your voluntary compliance with these guidelines to help keep our site a professional and community oriented place for dialogue.
