Official page of the Brownsville Police Department Brownsville Police Department Post / comment removal policy

The purpose of this Facebook site is to facilitate the exchange of information with the public and community on matters of public interest in the City of Brownsville, Texas.  We encourage you to submit comments on items posted by the Brownsville Police Department, but please note that this is not a traditional public forum and comments are expected to relate to the posted topic.  Persons wishing to raise issues not related to the Facebook posts on this site are directed to do so on forums established for that purpose.  The Brownsville Police Department shall monitor all postings to its Facebook page and may take appropriate action whenever necessary and at its sole discretion, to protect itself or other visitors from inappropriate or otherwise harmful information and links.
The Brownsville Police Department reserves the right to delete comments that contain the following:
•   False or misrepresentative information;
•    Obscene language or sexual content;
•    Threats to or defamation of  any person or organization;
•    Support or opposition of political candidates, political organizations or ballot propositions;
•    Any promotion of illegal activity;  
•   Advertisements of solicitations of commercial services or products;

•   Infringement on copyrights or trademarks;
•    Comments which are irrelevant to or not topically  related to the particular posting ; and/or
•   Comments posts that are repetitive