Waterloo Regional Police and Chief Bryan Larkin

Twitter: It not Twitter or Facebook, but a merger of both of them – Weibo, the Chinese version of Twitter but with added features and without the 140-character restriction associated with tweets, according to The Waterloo Record. The Waterloo Regional Police officer created the account on the popular Chinese social media site last year after getting the green light from Police Chief Bryan Larkin as a means to educate local Chinese newcomers about Canadian laws and promote a wider understanding on how police operate. David Chen has amassed nearly 4,000 followers on a social media site. It the only police Weibo account in Canada, said the 29-year-old Chen, who speaks and writes in Mandarin. "It a hub for Canadian Chinese residents and international students to ask questions," he said. "We are building a bridge from the police service to a culturally-specific social media community," said Chen, who was hired as a police officer in 2011. Chen said he tries to post daily and often multiple posts a week – all in Mandarin - about various aspects of Canadian law including domestic violence, traffic violations and how bylaws works. "A lot of them simply don't understand the law," he said. Chen uses the hashtag: Canadian Policetips and to date has had 2.6 million views on his hashtag. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.