The Police’s approach included:
The Police approach to using social media was to create a dialogue with potential recruits through social media.
Facebook – this provided a public forum where people interested in a police career could interact with the recruitment team and other candidates. It also featured status updates using real work stories from officers, online seminars, and promotion of local recruitment events.
Twitter – several officers around New Zealand regularly tweet their work stories and are known as the “Twitter cops”. Some of their stories were re-tweeted by the recruitment team and they also featured on the Police’s Facebook page for recruitment.
YouTube and Flickr – these sites provided channels for relevant videos and photographs.
Other media – Police stories were converted into street art installations in Wellington, Christchurch, and Auckland. This paid-for advertising was amplified in blogs and other social media as the target groups discussed the campaign, providing unpaid publicity.