The JT reports that some sub-stations of the police in Japan started to feed blogs in order to inform the community about "criminal incidents in their communities and facilitate friendly interactions with police officers." An excerpt:
Featuring anticrime tips, town events and information on the surrounding landscape, the blog is peppered with photographs taken by the officer while on patrol and includes brief monologues about everyday life in the area..."The advantage of running blogs from police stations is that we can help people understand our job," says the police blogger.
It will never stop surprising me that police has to explain what their job is. Read the whole note here