NORWICH – The Norwich Police Department is now using the networking site Twitter as another way to dispense information to the public.

“This is just one more outreach effort for us to use to get information out and to request information to be sent to us” said Police Chief Joseph Angelino. “We recognize that most people carry cell phones and this is another way we can reach them.”

The police department’s recently created presence on Twitter can be found at: http://twitter.com/NorwichPolice.

An example of how this will be used took place Sept. 22, when a motor vehicle accident caused a power outage.