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# Local NYPD Precincts Join Social Media, Tweet First Tweets
- URL: https://bklyner.com/local-nypd-precincts-join-social-media-tweet-first-tweets-bensonhurst/
- Published: 2014-12-04T18:34:46.000Z
- Updated: 2016-03-27T17:54:43.000Z
- Author: Rachel Silberstein
- Tags: 63 precinct, Twitter, #API-Imported

![62nd Precinct tweets first tweet.](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Twitter-702x434.png)

62nd Precinct tweets first tweet.

A hearty congratulations is in order. After [attending a rigorous Twitter training seminar in September](http://mashable.com/2014/09/03/nypd-twitter-school/?ref=bklyner.com) (following a series of social media mishaps), the NYPD is finally ready to join the social media stage.

On December 2, [the 61st](https://twitter.com/NYPD61Pct/?ref=bklyner.com), [62nd](https://twitter.com/NYPD62Pct/?ref=bklyner.com), [63rd](https://twitter.com/NYPD63Pct/?ref=bklyner.com), [68th precincts](https://twitter.com/NYPD68Pct/?ref=bklyner.com) all tweeted their first tweets! Though the Twitter accounts have been open since the summer, it seems they are finally taking a cue from the 60th and 70th precincts, [who have proven to be fairly adept](/hero-cops-give-coats-lost-boy-wandering-barefoot-near-shore-parkway-reunite-mother/) at maneuvering the Twittersphere. Some are faring better than others though, and the 62nd, 63rd, and 68th precincts have yet to tweet a second time.

> Good morning Sheepshead Bay! The 61 Precinct is live! Come follow us! [#SheepsheadBay](https://twitter.com/hashtag/SheepsheadBay?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=bklyner.com) [#ManhattanBeach](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ManhattanBeach?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=bklyner.com) [#GerritsenBeach](https://twitter.com/hashtag/GerritsenBeach?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=bklyner.com) [#Gravesend](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Gravesend?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=bklyner.com) [#Midwood](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Midwood?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=bklyner.com)
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> — NYPD 61st Precinct (@NYPD61Pct) [December 2, 2014](https://twitter.com/NYPD61Pct/status/539816981508399106?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=bklyner.com)

> Hello! This is the [#68pct](https://twitter.com/hashtag/68pct?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=bklyner.com)'s initial tweet and we are looking forward to communicating with [#bayridge](https://twitter.com/hashtag/bayridge?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=bklyner.com) [#dykerheights](https://twitter.com/hashtag/dykerheights?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=bklyner.com).
> 
> — NYPD 68th Precinct (@NYPD68Pct) [December 2, 2014](https://twitter.com/NYPD68Pct/status/539816656743464962?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=bklyner.com)

> The 63 Precinct is now officially on Twitter. Looking forward to sharing with the residents of our great community !!! [#Brooklyn](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Brooklyn?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=bklyner.com)
> 
> — NYPD 63rd Precinct (@NYPD63Pct) [December 2, 2014](https://twitter.com/NYPD63Pct/status/539816722271072256?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=bklyner.com)

Leading the Twitter charge, however, is NYPD Police Commissioner Bill Bratton, who has [posted dozens of photos of himself](http://nypost.com/2014/10/20/bill-bratton-is-tweeting-up-a-storm/?ref=bklyner.com) with kids, pets, and [clowns](https://twitter.com/CommissBratton/status/538034466879725568?ref=bklyner.com), and doing New York-y things like taking the Staten Island Ferry. Bratton’s efforts have paid off and he now boasts over 17,000 Twitter followers.

But who is the top tweeter among our local police force? Hands down, the winner is the 60th Precinct, with 1,544 followers (though the 70th Precinct follows closely behind with 1,143). This week the 60th Precinct won us over with [this heart warming photo of two officers rescuing a lost boy](/hero-cops-give-coats-lost-boy-wandering-barefoot-near-shore-parkway-reunite-mother/).

Still, our prediction for the most promising NYPD social media account belongs to [K-9 Timoshenko](https://twitter.com/k9timoshenko/status/538048822547849216?ref=bklyner.com), whose account was launched on November 24.

Here he is with his buddy, K-9 Balze(!!), on Thanksgiving.

> Happy Thanksgiving to all!!! K9 Balze and K9 Timoshenko [pic.twitter.com/wZxGu5qaZY](http://t.co/wZxGu5qaZY?ref=bklyner.com)
> 
> — K9 Timoshenko (@k9timoshenko) [November 27, 2014](https://twitter.com/k9timoshenko/status/538048822547849216?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=bklyner.com)

I mean, look at that face.