<http://schema.org/articleBody>
"A Sacramento sheriff's deputy spent Friday night sending tweets, pictures and video to citizens from Air 1. \u00A0Deputy James Hart said it might be a first time in the country that a law enforcement helicopter was sending live tweets as they checked out crime scenes. He called the experiment a \u201CTweet Along.\"\u00A0\u00A0\u201CThis is actually part of Sheriff Jones\u2019 policy to be more transparent,\u201D said Hart.The deputy took off with the flight crew about 6\u00A0p.m. from Mather Field to patrol around Sacramento County.Within minutes the tweets began.\u201CWe are on our way up north to look for a male who was said to be 'freaking out' by the 911 caller. Our current air speed is 115 mph,\u201D Hart wrote.Later on, this message as the chopper looked down on a north area gas station: \u201DThe suspect is running. The suspect couldn\u2019t outrun a helicopter. He is being taken into custody.\u201DHart said by sitting in the back seat of the helicopter, he was not disturbing the pilot and tactical officer in front.\u201CWe\u2019ll be letting the citizens know what type of call we\u2019re going to but won\u2019t actually tell them the actual location until deputies have arrived and secured the scene,\u201D said Hart. \u201CWe don\u2019t want citizens going to check out crimes that are happening before we get there.\u201DDuring the night, Hart also posted several videos of the crews searching crime scenes, plus pictures of the crew.He also engaged in Twitter conversations with people who were following the messages.Hart says the department plans to have more \u201Ctweet alongs\u201D with on-duty officers every month or so. He did not know when he\u2019d be back in the skies.Citizens can follow the Sacramento Sheriff\u2019s Office on Twitter or log on to Twitter.com/sacsheriff to participate in the next Twitter event.\u00A0"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
<http://www.kcra.com/article/sacramento-deputy-hosts-tweet-along-from-sheriff-s-helicopter/6404633>