Social Media Policy

1. Official Social Media Channels

A list of official Pennsylvania State Constable’s Office Nazareth – Lehigh Valley social media channels will be maintained on our official website. The Pennsylvania State Constable’s Office Nazareth – Lehigh Valley is not responsible for non-official pages or content generated by users on those platforms.

2. Terms and Conditions of Social Media Platforms

The Pennsylvania State Constable’s Office Nazareth – Lehigh Valley social media pages are located within third-party platforms (such as Facebook, X, Instagram, Nextdoor, etc.) that have their own terms of service, privacy policies, and other rules. Users are subject to these platform-specific terms and conditions when they visit those pages and interact with our content.

3. User-Generated Content

The Pennsylvania State Constable’s Office Nazareth – Lehigh Valley monitors its official social media pages but is not responsible for content generated by users on those platforms. Comments and other content posted by users on these platforms may be considered public records and may be subject to public disclosure under the Pennsylvania Right-to-Know Law. The individual social media pages maintained by the Pennsylvania State Constable’s Office Nazareth – Lehigh Valley may also contain their own commenting policy statements and provisos, which users are presumed to have read and understand in their use of those specific channels.

4. Comment Policy

We encourage the public to comment on our official social media pages and welcome all viewpoints. Comments should remain relevant to the topic at hand and participants must treat each other with respect.

The Pennsylvania State Constable’s Office Nazareth – Lehigh Valley reviews comments posted to its social media pages on a regular basis and reserves the right to delete comments that contain the following:

· Obscene content;
· Defamatory statements;
· Profane and/or vulgar content;
· Threats of physical or bodily harm;
· Name-calling and/or personal attacks;
· Sexually suggestive or harassing content;
· Nudity in a participant’s profile picture;
· Irrelevant, misleading, or potentially harmful links;
· Spam, such as the same comment posted repeatedly;
· Language or content suggesting or encouraging illegal activity;
· Commercial content promoting or soliciting services or products;
· Information that could reasonably compromise public safety or ongoing investigations;
· Personally identifying, sensitive, and/or private information (e.g., phone numbers, home addresses, specific case details);
· Disparaging language or hate speech targeting an individual’s race, color, religious creed, ancestry, age, gender, sexual orientation,
  gender identity or expression, national origin, AIDS or HIV status, or disability; and
· Other content that the Pennsylvania State Constable’s Office Nazareth – Lehigh Valley deems inappropriate.

Communications posted on our social media pages will not be construed as satisfying requirements for legal notice or service, shall not be considered official public comment for formal proceedings, and shall not be construed as an official request for records pursuant to the Right-to-Know Law. The Pennsylvania State Constable’s Office Nazareth – Lehigh Valley reserves the right to modify this policy at any time. Continued use of our social media pages following the posting of any modification signifies acceptance of such modification.

5. Contacting the Pennsylvania State Constable’s Office Nazareth – Lehigh Valley

Social media is not considered an official channel for contacting the Pennsylvania State Constable’s Office Nazareth – Lehigh Valley for formal inquiries, legal notices, or service. While our office may at times respond to general queries and comments on social media, staffing for that purpose is not 24/7, and response times cannot be guaranteed. The Pennsylvania State Constable’s Office Nazareth – Lehigh Valley encourages users to follow the instructions on how to officially contact our office, which can be found on the Contact page of this website. Communications posted on our social media pages will not be construed as satisfying requirements for legal notice or service, shall not be considered official public comment, and shall not be construed as an official request for records pursuant to the Right-to-Know Law.

6. Intellectual Property

The Pennsylvania State Constable’s Office Nazareth – Lehigh Valley does not claim ownership of content users submit or make available on our social media pages. However, we claim intellectual property rights in what we write, post, or otherwise share as official content. Our official intellectual property is not in the public domain unless we specifically state otherwise. If users wish to use an official logo, video, document, or other content posted by the Pennsylvania State Constable’s Office Nazareth – Lehigh Valley, users must either obtain our legal consent, or, if the specific content is explicitly licensed under Creative Commons, adhere to the terms of that particular license.

7. Links

The Pennsylvania State Constable’s Office Nazareth – Lehigh Valley sometimes posts links to other public and/or private organizations on social media. A link does not constitute an endorsement of content, viewpoint, policies, products, or services of that website. Once a user clicks a link to another website not maintained by the Pennsylvania State Constable’s Office Nazareth – Lehigh Valley, the user is subject to the terms and conditions of that website.