Now Murder Squad Police Face a Race Against Time to Beat the Ghouls ; Families Are Finding Out About Violent Death of Loved Ones Via Web [Scot Region]

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BREAKING the news that a loved one has died, especially in cases of murder, has always been a grim task for police.

But now officers trained to carry out that sensitive duty have added pressure - a race against time to let relatives know before they learn the news on Facebook or Twitter.

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Now Murder Squad Police Face a Race Against Time to Beat the Ghouls ; Families Are Finding Out About Violent Death of Loved Ones Via Web [Scot Region]

The phenomenon has been discussed at senior level by police forces across Scotland, but officers accept they have no way of controlling social networking websites and can only hope t...

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