The wait is finally over after months of voting, counting and verifying The Police Awards 2017 finalists have been announced.
This year the Police Twitter Awards will be hosted by Chief Constable Dee Collins at West Yorkshire Police, who currently happens to be the best tweeting Chief Constable.
Last year Police Hour travelled to the Police twitter Awards and was in awe of the incredible talented folk in the room.
With this year’s awards almost here we have some finalists and there are some fantastic accounts within the mix who we cannot wait to meet at this year’s awards.
Who are the finalists?
Cat 1 – Best Corp Account are .@LochabSkyePol .@ShrewsburyCops .@JerseyPolice.
Cat 2 – Best tweeting individual.@PCStevens1368 .@PCAdamPace .@DanHalliwell1
Cat 3 – Best tweeting special .@wyp_schobson .@NottsSpecials .@RichSpecials
Cat 4 Best PCSO @WYP_SBarberini .@PCSOHurst .@HPMidHolderness
Cat 5Â Best mounted finalists @polscothorses .@WYPHorses .@NPMounted
Cat6Â Best dog account finalists @Davewardell .@policedogunit .@BTPDogs
Cat 7 Best informative account @NWPRuralCrime .@ForthValPolice .@firearmsWMP
Cat 8 Best RPG (Road policing) @Trafficwmp .@NWmwaypolice .@SurreyRoadCops
Cat 9 Best Sgt account @OscarRomeo1268 ..@RPFOUSgt .@SgtTCS
Cat 10Â Best Insp to Csupt @InspRyanFrancis .@WYPDavidHarland .@JackHadleyWMP
Cat 11 Best finalists Best tweeting senior officer ACC to Chief @DCCFitzpatrick@NorthantsChief .@WYPDeeCollins
Cat 12 Best informative finalists .@UKCopHumour .@PendletonNW .@LovelyClaireyA
Cat 13 Best international finalists .@OfficerMorton .@TrooperBenKHP .@LivePdFans
Cat 14 Best police staff finalists .@DDOJB07 .@traceyk9 .@CSIEssex
Cat 15 Best aviation finalists .@PoliceDrones .@SkyCop999 .@NPASCarrGate
Cat 16 Best newcomer finalists .@DurhamFraud .@MerPolTraffic .@MPSPoplar .@WoldsSgt
Good luck to everyone who has been announced. We are proud of you all.
Big thanks to the sponsors
This year’s Police Twitter Awards is sponsored by Police Oracle, Motorola Solutions &Â Law Comms. Without there kind support the Police Awards would not be possible.
Twitting & Policing
The 2016 Twitter what a year, they brought twitter to policing and the community they serve and made a positive engaging difference.
Managing to put the most serious incidents into just 140 characters and we mean some of the most successful twitter appeals that have resulted in high risk missing people and children being found with the help and support of the power of social media.
The Police Tweet Awards is one of those meaningful events and an opportunity of a lifetime to be involved with.
History of the Police Tweet Awards
When Twitter was launched in 2006, no one really knew or could understand just how important the social media network would become in relation to the use of Twitter by the police and Law Enforcement agencies.
This year the Police Twitter Awards will be hosted by Cheif Constable Dee Collins at West Yorkshire Police, who currently happens to be the best tweeting Cheif Constable.
Last year Police Hour travelled to the Police twitter Awards and was in awe of the incredible talented folk in the room.
And this year’s awards are nearly upon us we just need some finalists, And to be honest we cannot wait to see who is going to be on that list this year.
Twitting & Policing
The 2016 Twitter what a year, they brought twitter to policing and the community they serve and made a positive engaging difference.
Managing to put the most serious incidents into just 140 characters and we mean some of the most successful twitter appeals that have resulted in high risk missing people and children being found with the help and support of the power of social media.
The Police Tweet Awards is one of those meaningful events and an opportunity of a lifetime to be involved with.
History of the Police Tweet Awards
When Twitter was launched in 2006, no one really knew or could understand just how important the social media network would become in relation to the use of Twitter by the police and Law Enforcement agencies.
Police Officers nervously began opening Twitter accounts, The main corporate perception was not great and professional standards often became involved to discourage officers from tweeting, social media policy was introduced and the power of Twitter began to set in.
Twitter is now a key communication tool for Twitter and policing it gets key messages out fast and allows police teams and individual officers to get key information and appeals out in real time.
Police Officers and staff often give up their own time to monitor and respond to messages to their Twitter accounts 24/7 something that isn’t done in working and operational policing time.
The founding father of the police twitter awards and one of the most respected men within the policing twitter community whose passion never fails him to be creative and engaging to ensure new officers and older accounts are supported each and every day on Twitter Mike Kenworthy came up with the idea and launched the UK Twitter Awards in 2011 and since then without fail every year he has dedicated his time and commitment to ensure they happen.
Now the organisers Mike Pannett, Dennis Murray & Kerry Blakeman continue to help Mike Kenworthy deliver successful awards ceremony each and every year.
When are the winners announced?Â
The winners will be announced on the Friday 24th November 2017, If you are announced as a finalist you will need to book November Thursday 23rd and Friday 24th off work if you plan on travelling to the awards.
Local hotels?
Hotels will now be filling up fast we’d recommend booking local hotels. The cheapest hotels we have found below, but hurry as prices will increase as the time gets closer, local hotels are as follows.
Premier Inn  Paragon Business Park, Herriot Way, Wakefield WF1 2UJ.Â
Holiday Inn Express Queen Street, Wakefield, WF1 1JU.
