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Community Relations Officer Meleah Droll updates the Coralville Police Department's Twitter account.Public safety officials are starting to rely on Twitter to find out what is going on.

CNN admits that it’s faster than waiting for the news

Police and fire departments are using Twitter

“We think the police department has an obligation to get information out to the community through whatever means or mechanisms we have at our disposal,” said Lakeland Police Assistant Chief Bill LePere. “Traditional media releases, expecting the local print media to pick it up and run it in the newspaper tomorrow, is 24 hours too late.”

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