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YOU CAN WATCH THEM WEEKDAYS AT
12 THE 30 AFTER CBS 4 NEWS AT
NOON.
WHEN YOUR DOG WANDERED OFF
YOU GO TO PITCHER.
IF ON THE POLICE REPORT.
A SOCIAL MEDIA BECOMES THE
TOTAL TURN TO WHEN YOU BEEN
VICTIMIZED.
GUITAR IS PRICES TO
CAROLINA'S FAMILY.
IT WAS STOLEN FROM HER HOME
RECENTLY.
SHE PULLED ALL STOPS TO MAKE
SURE IT WAS RECOVERED.
AFTER HOW THE POLICE REPORT
I JUMPED ONTO THE COMPUTER AND
IT WAS VERY EASY TO THINK OF
THAT AS AN EXTENT TO GET EVER
GUITAR BACK TO THE PHOTO AND A
PLEA FOR FRIENDS TO SPREAD THE
WORD AND FIND HER PRIZE
POSSESSION.
HOPING SOMEONE WOULD SEE.
IT'S A LIKE THE COMMERCIAL
WHERE THEY TELL A FEW FRIENDS
AND THEY TELL TWO FRIENDS.
IT WAS SHARED TWO DOZEN
TIMES IN TWO DAYS.
PEOPLE THAT YOU KNOW
FOREFRONT OF YOU ON FACEBOOK
AND FOLLOWERS ON TWITTER ARE
MORE LIKELY TO SHARE YOUR OWN
INFORMATION.
YOUR AUDIENCE WHO CARES ABOUT
YOU.
AND THEY WANT TO SEE YOU GET
HELP.
Reporter: ERIK KRATZ IS THIS
TACTIC OF SHARING VIDEO AND
PICTURES RELATED TO A CRIME HAS
WORKED WELL FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT
FOR YEARS.
AND OUT REGULAR CITIZENS ARE
WILLING TO TAKE MATTERS INTO
THEIR OWN HANDS.
THEY ARE NOT AVERSE TO
TAKING PICTURES OF THEMSELVES
AND SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE OF THE
CARE THEY MIGHT HAVE IN PUTTING
AND SINK AS A CATCHALL TO THE
NEIGHBORS THIS PERSON BROKE
INTO MY HOME TO A DOES ANYONE
RECOGNIZE THEM.
Reporter: LORI STEVEN SOUZA
FOR ME STRATEGIST FOR LAW
ENFORCEMENT SAYS IT'S HUMAN
NATURE TO HELP.
PEOPLE WANT TO SEE THAT GUYS
GO TO JAIL.
THEY WANT SAFE COMMUNITIES.
SOCIAL MEDIA IT'S SO MUCH
EASIER TO DO THAT.
WE CAN DO WITH OUR PHONE ON THE
COUCH AND PARTICIPATE.
Reporter: SHE COMPARES THE
NEW INTERCOMPANY TO IT ON MY
NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH.
SHE'S A SOCIAL MEDIA POST ABOVE
AVERAGE PERSON IS HELPFUL IN
MISSING PERSONS CASES OR THEFT.
IT'S GOOD HAVE THESE KINDS
OF TOOLS TO SOLVE SOME OF THESE
CRIMES BUT CERTAIN PRECAUTIONS
PEOPLE TO BE CAREFUL.
HE SAYS YOU DON'T WANT TO SHARE
TOO MUCH ABOUT YOUR CASE WE
WERE CRIME ONLINE.
AND WHEN SHARING SURVEILLANCE
VIDEO BE WARNED
IT IS A SOMEONE WHO STILL A
PACKAGE OFF OF MY PROPERTY.
YOU MIGHT NOT BE DANGEROUS.
LAW ENFORCEMENT SAY WHEN
SOMETHING SOCIAL MEDIA HELP YOU
NEED TO KEEP AUTHORITIES AS
INVOLVED AS POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY
IF SOMEONE CONTACTS YOU SAYING
THEY HAVE YOUR PROPERTY.
AND KAREN'S CASE SUMMARIES
DON'T THINK THEY HAD THE
MISSING GUITAR.
THE CONTENT OF THE POLICE TO
LET THEM KNOW SOMEONE DID HAVE
MY GUITAR AND ASKED THE NEXT UP
I NEEDED TO TAKE.
SO I WOULD REMAIN SAFE.
Reporter: THEY REACHED A
MEETING TO RETURN THE GUITAR TO
KAREN'S FAMILY.
SHE KNOWS TO NEVER
UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF
SOCIAL MEDIA.
THERE ARE SITES LIKE CRIME
SCENE WHICH ALLOWS REGISTERED
MEMBERS TO SELL REAL-TIME
ALERTS LET ME KNOW WHEN AIRPORT
IS FOUND IN THE AREA.
THERE ARE ALSO NEW APP DESIGNED