KL-KERALA POLICE-FACEBOOK

Facebook page of Kerala Police surpasses popularity of NYPD

Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 10 (PTI): The official Facebook

page of Kerala Police Thursday achieved a rare fete by gaining

over one million likes, surpassing the popularity of New York

Police Department (NYPD) in social media.

Satya Yadav, head of Facebook India (Trust and Safety)

handed over the memento in this connection to Chief Minister

Pinarayi Vijayan at an event held at the police headquarters

here.

"Kerala Police is a good example of healthy intervention

in the social media," Vijayan said and felicitated the

officials behind the social media cell of Kerala Police.

Senior civil police officers Kamalnath, Bimal V S, Civil

Police Officers Santhosh P S and Arun B T were felicitated by

the chief minister at the event.

The Facebook page of Kerala Police, which has been

proactive in the social media, has recently gained more

popularity than the pages of New York Police and Queensland

Police.

As of Thursday, the page has gained 10,13,967 likes and

10,29,623 followers.

It is also one among the most popular Facebook pages

among the police forces in India.

The Kerala Police had earlier sought help of the public

through its page to attain one million likes by New Year.