Pueblo PD sees success in using social media to catch criminals

The Pueblo Police Department has started to see more success in catching criminals by using social media.

So far, 36 criminals have been posted the department’s Facebook page and more than half have been arrested.

Every week since April, the department has published two of the city’s most wanted criminals on their social media pages.

Sgt. Eric Gonzales says the program is focused on catching criminals who police believe to be involved in gang activity.

“We’re targeting these individuals who are street gang criminals. They’re causing a lot of the problems here in town running around doing drive-bys things like that, so we specifically pick those criminals to get them off the streets,” said Gonzales.

You can see the District Attorney’s Most Wanted list at KRDO.com.