No, we don’t mean that the boys in brown have become all chatty and charming, it’s just that they’ve now gone online in their relentless commitment to catching criminals. A new pilot project, very originally called Social Network, has seen the police in Hua Mark district turn to the power of Facebook and Twitter to help catch criminals. The scheme sees the cops asking locals for their email address, Facebook or Twitter account. It’s not just to make them look more popular though. The idea is they can then use this contact to warn you about crimes in the area. Good citizens can also use these channels to report suspicious-looking people and criminal offences. And all you criminals out there, better sign up for this service to get updates on when the po-po is closing in on you. The idea that this is actually a big-brother scheme to track honest citizens has also crossed our minds.