Fighting Crime Using Videos on YouTube

Canadian police posted a video of two men wanted for questioning on YouTube in addition to giving it to local television stations for broadcast, reports The New York Times.

"Other police forces have also discovered YouTube. Some have looked into apparent crimes that appear in YouTube postings, and a police force in England used the site to distribute an appeal for help from the parents of a murder victim. Sgt. Lasso, however, believes he may be the first investigator to directly employ YouTube as a crime-fighting tool.

After a week, YouTube had not brought the police in Hamilton any closer to finding the men, although Sgt. Lasso said the experiment was still worthwhile. "

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