Court Officer Academy Student Court Officer Manual: Creation of Media Application

Learn more about the Massachusetts Trial Court Officer Academy's media creation policies.

The Director of Security shall approve in writing before the creation of any:

• Website, page, fan group or other application of social media using the MTCSD as the basis of such application. Examples may include, but are not limited to:
  • Creating a website or fan group dedicated to the Massachusetts Trial Court; and
  • Creating an identity using a username such as Massachusetts Trial Court, or any term associated with the MTCSD.

Student Court Officers shall:

• Not publish Commonwealth or MTCSD images of intellectual property using social media without prior approval from the Director of Security.
• Not create an identity, website, page, fan group or other application of social media using the Massachusetts Trial Court as the basis of such a creation without prior approval from the Director of Security.

Violations

Student Court Officers shall notify their immediate supervisor when they become aware of:

• Any personal identifying information of themselves on the internet in violation of this policy.
• Have knowledge of a posting and/or website in violation of the provisions of this policy.

Any sites deemed inappropriate, bringing discredit to the Department and or employees, and promoting misconduct whether on or off duty shall be:

• Investigated either through a criminal or administrative investigation.

Student Court Officer Responsibility

Student Court Officers shall:

• Consider all aspects of the training process and law enforcement information ascertained while attending the Academy as confidential information.
• Not divulge through any social media site any training procedures or confidential information acquired while attending the Academy.
• Not post any pictures, videos, etc. of academy grounds, equipment, personnel, other Student Court Officers, etc.
• Not publicly criticize or ridicule, directly or indirectly, any official action of the Massachusetts Trial Court or any member, which would be detrimental to the Department’s mission and its functions.

Date published:	January 2, 2023