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Leicestershire Police has multiple social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, X, LinkedIn and Whatsapp.
The main force pages are administrated, monitored and maintained by the Force's Corporate Communications and Public Engagement Directorate. We share force-wide appeals, criminal justice updates as well as informing the public of the wider work of our force to keep our communities safe.
We offer a range of locally-based accounts aimed at keeping the public informed about local issues and police activity. These pages are run by a mix of our Dedicated Neighbourhood Officers, Sergeants, PCSOs and Neighbourhood Patrol Officers.
To find the right account for where you live, put your postcode into our website to see which dedicated team keeps your area safe, or follow the links below.
East Leicester: https://www.facebook.com/LPEastLeics
Leicester City Centre: https://www.facebook.com/CentralLeicsNPA/
South Leicester: https://www.facebook.com/southleicesterpolice/
West Leicester: https://www.facebook.com/LPWestLeicester
Charnwood: https://www.facebook.com/charnwoodpolice
Melton: https://www.facebook.com/LPMelton
Rutland: https://www.facebook.com/LPRutland
Market Harborough & Lutterworth: https://www.facebook.com/marketharboroughpolice/
Oadby & Wigston: https://www.facebook.com/OadbyAndWigstonPolice
Blaby: https://www.facebook.com/blabypolice/
Hinckley: https://www.facebook.com/HinckleyPolice/
Market Bosworth: https://www.facebook.com/MarketBosworthPolice/
North West Leicestershire: https://www.facebook.com/NorthWestLeicsPolice/
Some of our specialist teams also use social media to share updates about their activity. You can follow our Rural Team, Dog Section, Volunteers & Cadets, Roads Policing Unit.
The public facing element of the main force social media accounts is generally monitored from 8.00am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, except on public holidays. Our private messaging function on the main force Facebook and Twitter accounts is monitored 24/7 and can be used in non-emergency situations. Read more about how to contact us. This does not include any of our community, neighbourhood, network or other forcewide accounts.
Over the past few years social media has grown making it an accessible and direct platform for Leicestershire Police to deliver new, creative content to the general public. Our social media platforms aim to educate the general public on crime prevention, keep the public updated with community led issues and engage with as wide a variety of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland residents as possible.
Across all platforms, Leicestershire Police reserves the right to remove comments if they are offensive in their nature or deemed to violate Leicestershire Police's social media policy.
you have identified a victim, witness or suspect by any means which potentially affects his/her personal safety. For example; names, address, school, place of work etc.
you have identified a serving police officer in a manner which potentially affects his/her personal safety, threatens violence or is grossly derogatory.
you have used offensive language (see below)
you have published yours, or anyone else's, personal information, such as contact details.
you have "spammed" our accounts by posting the same message, or very similar messages, repeatedly. In these circumstances, if your comment/reply does not violate other social media guidelines, one comment/reply will remain on our page.
your comments could be perceived to be threatening or abusive to other community members
you have included comments which could potentially leave the force in contempt of court (see below)
A message, post or comment which includes:
profanity (curse or swear words)
Hate crime e.g. racial/ homophobic slurs or language which targets a protected characteristic in a derogatory manner
content which is grossly offensive
incites violence
Any material which could influence members of the jury in an ongoing or imminent trial is deemed as being in contempt of court and is punishable in a court of law.
These comments could include:
references to someone’s previous convictions
statements about a person’s character
evidence seeming to link a person directly to the crime of which they have been accused
other suggestions that the person is guilty
When proceedings are ‘active’, the above content cannot be posted and the Facebook user is in contempt of court. Proceedings are ‘active’ when:
a person is charged
a person has been arrested
an arrest warrant is issued
a summons is issued
You can read more about contempt of court on the CPS website.
Please do not use any of our pages, profiles or social media platforms to promote party political messages or other content. We will remove any comments that may be seen to compromise our obligation to maintain political neutrality.
If an individual continually (on multiple occasions) violates the above specified social media guidelines, Leicestershire Police reserves the right to block their account indefinitely.