Whilst the use of research in policing is not new (Reiner, 2010), there is currently a strong drive towards a more scientific research context to be applied to policing. This forms part of a wider professionalisation agenda from the College of Policing. That said, the debate around what constitutes knowledge and evidence in policing is highly contested, as are the modes of data collection. ududThis paper proposes that the methods utilised by academic researchers should be dependent on the research question, and the nature of the phenomenon being explored. At a time when police morale is reportedly low (Hoggett et al, 2014; Weinfass, 2015) and officers are not typically willing to openly discuss their thoughts on the current state of policing, this article explores and posits a role for social media and police blogs as a method to capture practitioner experiences, thoughts and perceptions of policing. ududThe use of Social Media by police officers is experiencing a burgeoning interest throughout the service. Usage ebbs and flows in volume and popularity, and it seems this is ostensibly dependent on the interpretation of information through mainstream news channels. This ‘private’ space offers an anonymous forum for officers to voice their observations and concerns about contemporary policing issues. Not withstanding, these forums provide researchers with a new opportunity to investigate key issues and challenges for policing (Wilkinson and Thelwall, 2012), or garner additional evidence to complement ongoing study. ududThis paper suggests that these private narratives offer both the research community and students of policing a new form of knowledge capture and creation, and one that allows insight into the changing nature of the policing sphere. This paper explores and promotes both the importance and the implications of innovative practices in relation to the use of social media as police knowledge, offering two examples to support the proposition.
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机译：虽然在监管中使用研究不是新的（Reiner，2010），目前有一个强大的驱动力朝着更为科学的研究环境来适应警务。这构成了来自政策学院的更广泛的专业议程的一部分。也就是说，围绕着辩论的辩论构成了关于警务的知识和证据是高度争议的，以及数据收集的模式。 UD Udthis论文提出学术研究人员使用的方法应依赖于研究问题，以及正在探索现象的性质。当据报道，警察士气的时候（Hoggett等人，2014年; Weinfass，2015）和官员通常不愿意公开讨论他们对当前警务状况的思考，本文探讨了社交媒体和警察的作用博客作为捕捉从业者经历，思想和对警务看法的方法。 ud ud ud通过警察使用社交媒体正在经历整个服务的蓬勃发展的兴趣。使用eBB和流量的流量，似乎这似乎是通过主流新闻渠道的信息解释。这个“私人”空间为官员提供了匿名论坛，以便语音他们的观察和对当代警务问题的担忧。这些论坛不承受，这些论坛为研究人员提供了调查警务关键问题和挑战的新机会（Wilkinson和Thelwall，2012），或者加入额外的证据来补充持续的研究。 UD Udthis纸张表明，这些私人叙述提供了对新形式的知识捕获和创作的研究界和学生，以及允许深入了解警务领域的变化性质。本文探讨并促进了创新实践与社会媒体使用作为警察知识的重要性的重要性和影响，提供了两个支持主张的例子。
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