Fake social accounts bring down US police chief – and successor

The mayor added that within two weeks, his administration will make additional changes to their draft social media policy to address the seemingly rampant 'issues of anonymous social media posting by senior officials'. — AFP

BURLINGTON, Vermont: Hours after the police chief in Vermont's largest city resigned over using a fake social media account to heckle a critic, the mayor announced that the officer acting as chief revealed she too has used a fake account.

Deputy Chief Jan Wright told Burlington's mayor Monday that she used a fake Facebook account to engage citizens in police policy talk.