JR Gamez, 2013 Honoree
- Title
- Chief of police
- Employer
- Redwood City Police Department
- Location
- Redwood City, Calif.
- How have you incorporated social media into your own work?
- It has become part of my daily thinking on how to best deliver services in my community.
- A task you've delegated this year:
- The implementation of our video chat program to our social media team.
- Coolest current project:
- Video chat has been an amazing program that has opened communication opportunities between the community and the police department. The Redwood City Police Department became the first in the country to use video chat to reach out to the community. Since the system went live, police departments from across the country have contacted us about the use of video chat. Read the full profile