APD seeing increase of illegal activity on social media [Video]

THEIR FIRST DAY. WELL, AS KIDS HEAD BACK, ALBUQUERQUE POLICE ARE URGING PARENTS TO KEEP AN EYE ON THEIR CHILD’S SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS. SKY 7 KEEPS YOU SAFE WITH JULIAN POTTER. HE IS LIVE WITH WHAT OFFICERS ARE SEEING. REPORTER THAT’S RIGHT. DOUG. SO COMMANDER JEFF BARNARD TELLS ME THERE’S TONS OF CONCERNS WITH HOW KIDS ARE USING SOCIAL MEDIA. HIM AND THE DEPARTMENT HAVE NOTICED AN UPTICK WHEN IT COMES TO ILLEGAL BUSINESS AND HOW IT’S BEING CONDUCTED OVER OUR PHONES. WE’VE SEEN SITUATIONS WHERE PEOPLE ARE SELLING ILLICIT DRUGS ON SOCIAL MEDIA, THEY’RE SELLING FIREARMS ON SOCIAL MEDIA. JEFF BARNARD WITH APD SAYS KIDS ARE GETTING INVOLVED IN ILLEGAL ACTIVITY ON SOCIAL MEDIA, AND IT’S HAPPENING MORE FROM WHAT POLICE ARE SEEING KIDS AT THAT AGE DON’T REALIZE THE CONSEQUENCES OF WHAT THEY’RE DOING AND HOW PERMANENT THOSE CONSEQUENCES CAN BE. I THINK AS WE’VE SEEN THIS THING, …