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Citizens Advisory Committee Recommendation Letter July 8, 2021 Page 2 Recommendation number 2: The agency should update General Order 13.1.13 Social Media by separating Section C (Personal Use, number 4) "For safety and security reasons" and "agency personnel shall not". Separating these two points and placing the shall not before for safety and security reasons, will be clearer to agency personnel on the misuse of social media. 4. Agency personnel shall not: a. Make, share, comment, or indicate support of any posting that includes harassment, threats of violence, or similar conduct b. Make, share, comment, or indicate support of any posting that ridicules, maligns, disparages, expresses bias, or disrespect toward any race, color, national origi n, ethnicity, religion, gend er, gender identity, sexual orientation, or age or any other protected class of individuals c. Make, share, comment, or indicate support of any posting that suggests that agency personnel are engaged in behavior reasonably considered to be unlawfu l or reckless toward public safety 5. For safet y and security reasons, agency personnel are cautioned to avoid the following: a. Displ ay agency logos, uniforms, or similar identifying items on personal social media pages b. Post personal photogr aphs or provi de similar means of personal recogn ition that may cause them to be identifi ed as an employee of this agency. Deputies who are, or who may be reasonably expected to work in undercover operations, shall not post any form of visual or personal identification. c. When using social media, agenc y personnel should be mindful that their speech becomes part of the world wide electronic dom ain. Therefore, adherence to the agency's code of conduct according to GO 5 .1.3 is required in the personal use of social media. Respectfully Submitted, ., Citizens Advisory