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Osseo Police participate in Virtual Ride Along

4:46 PM | Friday, September 28, 2018

Osseo Police are part of a statewide campaign to bring more attention to what police officers do on an average day. Officers are tweeting pictures all day with the hashtag #MNcopsVRA. The hashtag stands for Minnesota cops virtual ride-along.

Officer Anthony Mortinson is the face behind the Osseo Police Twitter and Facebook accounts. He’s posted and tweeted for the department for over a year and a half. However, this is the first time Osseo and other law enforcement agencies across the state are collectively posting on social media sites while they’re out on patrol.

Inside Osseo’s Virtual Ride-Along

We rode along with Osseo Police as they worked on Friday. 

Our cameras were rolling when Officer Mortinson made a routine traffic stop along County Highway 81.  After the official business was taken care of, the officer sent out a tweet, describing what happened. Mortinson said the driver didn’t realize he was driving so fast.

“I’m just going to give this guy a verbal warning and then we’ll let him go,” Mortinson explained.

He says technology is changing how the department connects with residents.  If police want to alert people about a crime, they’ll often post on Twitter or Facebook.  On August 5th, police were looking for a missing person, so officers sent out a tweet, hoping to reach a larger audience.

“It’s allowed us, as a police department to become closer to our citizens as well as others outside of the city of Osseo,” Mortinson said.

But Twitter posts aren’t always serious.

Officer Mortinson often shows a lighter side to his personality, like the time he thought a ghost was rolling up windows in the squad car.

“I want people to understand that cops are people, too.” he said.

An officer from Duluth spearheaded the virtual ride-along campaign. Besides education, the goal is to also gain media followers.

The virtual ride along started Friday at 6 a.m. and will wrap up Saturday at 6 a.m.

Sonya Goins, reporting

Osseo

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