CopBook
Offers Secure Sharing
Modeled after Facebook, innovative new tool rolls out in Redlands
The Redlands Police Department isn’t just embracing social
media – it’s forging a new path that could become a model
for law enforcement agencies across the country.
Under the guidance of Chief Mark Garcia, the Redlands
PD is using a new Facebook-like tool for its officers that’s a
more modern and streamlined spin on information-sharing
tools created over the last decade for federal and state law
enforcement agencies.
The Redlands PD is believed to be the first municipal police
department in the country to launch what it calls CopBook,
an idea that started gaining traction during the tenure of
Garcia’s predecessor, former Redlands Police Chief Jim
Bueermann.
Similar to the ubiquitous social-media tool that has made
Mark Zuckerberg a household name, CopBook allows
Redlands PD officers to share information to members
divided into such groups as patrol and investigations, or
individually to those who have created profiles on the
website.
Redlands Chief Mark Garcia
“CopBook provides us with both a method for instantly
sharing informa