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Michigan Police Use Facebook to Catch Crooks

As technology and social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter and MySpace have transformed how people communicate, they're also shaping how police agencies investigate crimes and reach out to the community.

As technology and social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter and MySpace have transformed how people communicate, they're also shaping how police agencies investigate crimes and reach out to the community.

Caroline Cournoyer is GOVERNING's senior web editor.