PFPD to host virtual ridealong

Tue., Dec. 30, 2014

By D.F. Oliveria daveo@spokesman.com (509) 319-0354

POST FALLS - It could be the best of both worlds on New Year’s Eve.

You can be a part of the buzz on the streets from the comfy, safe confines of your home.

The Post Falls Police Department will hold its first New Year’s virtual ridealong from 4 p.m. on Wednesday to 1 a.m. on Thursday via Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

A police volunteer will post messages, photos and videos of calls and incidents during the shift from Chief Scot Haug’s patrol car.

Haug said how busy police typically get during New Year’s is mixed.

“Some years it has been quiet and other years it has been so busy that officers can’t hardly keep up,” he said. “It’s supposed to be cold and it will be on a Wednesday, so it’s hard to tell how busy of a night it will be.”

Previous PFPD virtual ridealongs - this will be the third - attracted more than 2,000 followers around the world, Haug said. Read more. Brian Walker, CdA Press

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