Queenstown Cops Catch Robber on Facebook

An unsuccessful young safecracker in Queenstown caught on security film, was later busted by a tip off on Facebook. An enterprising police officer Constable Sean Drader has set up a Facebook page, and is delighted at the amount of tip offs he is getting from the public online.

 "What the Queenstown police are doing is leveraging the power of what we call 'crowd sourcing'," says digital commentator Helen Baxter, "which is to use the wisdom of the crowd, the community, to get people to be able to tell them what they know."

So if you grab a handbag, do a dine and dash, jump a taxi fare or generally are an a**hole in Q'town then watch out, you may find yourself with international fame of entirely the wrong sort. Watch the clip from Campbell Live, TV3.