Greater Manchester Police was tweeting every incident it deals with for 24 hours from 5am - showing how it supplements a crime-fighting role with work that is more like social services.
In the first six hours there were around 500 tweets sent out by the force, covering a wide range of incidents - from serious crime to the more mundane and bizarre.
The event comes as police face unprecedented budget cuts, with the Government's impending comprehensive spending review next week.
The incidents were being published on the following three accounts on Twitter.
By 9am the force had already published more than 400 tweets and more than 6,000 people had joined as 'followers'.
By 11am, there were 700 tweets and more than 18,000 followers.
GMP are tweeting at three addresses:
http://twitter.com/gmp24_1
http://twitter.com/gmp24_2
http://twitter.com/gmp24_3
Source : dailymail.co.uk
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