Community Guidelines
The Halton Regional Police Service (HRPS) welcomes you to interact with us and our social media community. We encourage you to share experiences and provide your feedback.
To ensure discussions remain respectful and constructive, we’ve established the following guidelines. By interacting with us and our social media community, you agree to comply with the guidelines below. Failure to abide by these guidelines may result in removal of a user's comment(s) and/or access to HRPS social media accounts. Please note, any comments or posts that users make on our social media pages do not reflect the beliefs, views, and opinions of the HRPS.
Be Respectful
Any messages or comments that contain defamatory, discriminatory, racist, sexist, homophobic, transphobic, hateful, ablest, abusive, aggressive, deceptive, obscene, harassing, indecent, inflammatory, knowingly false, malicious, misleading, offensive, scandalous, sexually explicit, threatening, tortious, violent, vulgar, profane, or otherwise unlawful will not be tolerated. The offending post(s) may be hidden, reported, and/or deleted at our discretion.
The HRPS also reserves the right to edit and/or modify comments and posts that contain content threats, off-topic remarks and comments, violations of the Criminal Code of Canada, the Ontario Human Rights Code, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, or any discriminatory language, expletive language, campaigning, partisan messaging, commercial advertisements, or other material deemed inappropriate.
Be Aware
The liking, following, retweeting, messaging, or sharing of content should not be interpreted as any kind of endorsement.
When you engage on HRPS social media, you are always subject to the host website’s Terms of Service.
Messages or comments that appear to be spam, or promote a business or organization for commercial gain, may also be hidden, reported, and/or deleted at our discretion.
Violating these social media commenting guidelines can result in removal of your comment(s) and/or block access to our social channels.
Social Media Disclaimer
For the most part, comments and messages posted to the Halton Regional Police Service's official social networking sites are considered transitory records and will not be kept as a permanent record by the HRPS. In the event that comments and messages are transferred for use on other websites or communication media, users acknowledge and consent by their use of the Halton Regional Police Service's social networking sites that their comments or messages may become part of the public record and used in official HRPS documentation. It is in the discretion of the HRPS which comments will be archived or used.
It is not the intent of the HRPS to collect any personal information when users participate on its social media websites, other than what is volunteered to the HRPS. Comments and messages collected for the public record using social media will be treated like any other form of communication received by the HRPS.
The HRPS may monitor social networking content for factual accuracy and appropriateness, and will make reasonable efforts to ensure that content it posts is accurate at the time of posting. However, it is in the nature of social networking communications that accuracy and timeliness are not guaranteed and may not be reliable; as such, the user acknowledges that the HRPS makes no such guarantees. As well, the HRPS is not responsible for the authenticity or suitability of content posted to the channel by others. Posted comments and images do not necessarily represent the views of the HRPS.
The HRPS cannot and does not guarantee your privacy on third-party social networking websites, as users are subject to the terms and conditions of the specific application. Users should review and agree to the third-party terms and conditions prior to participating.
The HRPS will not be responsible for any losses or damages any user may suffer as a result of using third-party social networking websites. Users participate at their own risk, for their own benefit and, in so doing, accept that they have no right of action against the HRPS related to such use.
