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Crime & Safety

Police Log: Prowler Reported in Oak Bluffs

The Oak Bluffs Police Department has posted its Friday call log on Facebook.

Police departments on Martha's Vineyard are increasingly using Facebook to stay in touch with community members. From the Oak Bluffs Police Department's page comes this call log for Friday, April 19, 2013:

00:17: Remove Party
00:44: Motor Vehicle Stop
01:24: Prowler
02:40: Attempted Burglary
06:53: Disabled Motor Vehicle
07:28: Burglar Alarm
10:44: Medical Emergency
12:27: Welfare Check
13:22: Fire Alarm
14:24: Burglar Alarm
15:23: Civil Matter
18:55: Fire
20:00: Fire Alarm
23:29: License/Registration Check

Oak Bluffs P.D. is on Facebook at facebook.com/pages/Oak-Bluffs-Police-Department/148406108588099. As of 2 p.m. Saturday, the page had attracted 226 likes on the popular social network.

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Other Martha's Vineyard public safety agencies beginning to use social media include:

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