Petition to restore Joplin Police incident spotlights nearing 5,500 signatures

The Change.org petition to reinstate the Joplin Police Department incident spotlights continues to gain momentum with 5,476 signatures and counting in just three days.

The petition, started by Tom Rogers, Joplin reads as follows:

The Joplin Police Department has been posting regularly on social media regarding arrests, criminal activity alerts, warnings about traffic conditions, and other valuable community information.
Recently, city leadership has asked the police department to stop social media posts. This service of the police department speeds the delivery of information about incidents in our city. We ask that these social media posts be continued.
KOAM Report: City manager stopped publication of Joplin Police incident spotlight reports