Belton Receives National Social Media Award
September 11, 2023
UPDATE
Belton Receives National Social Media Award
Sep. 11, 2023
2:45 p.m.
The City of Belton received a Silver Circle Award (second place) Thursday at a competition hosted by the City-County Communications and Marketing Association (3CMA) in Orlando, Fla.
The competition, called the Savvy Awards, honors excellence in local government communications. Belton's award winning entry was one of 878 entries from 26 different states.
Belton won in the Social Media category for an August 2022 Facebook post about a teacher in-service meeting at Belton High School where Belton police school resource officers took an oath to "defend the lives of the innocent...even if it requires me to act alone." The gesture was poignant because the previous school year ended with a stabbing death on campus followed shortly afterward by the tragic school shooting in Uvalde.
Entries are judged by local government professionals and individuals from professional, consulting and academic communities throughout the country.
In June, the same post won a first place TAMI Award at the Texas Association of Municipal Information Officers (TAMIO) conference at Live! by Loews in Arlington.
Belton Finalist for National Social Media Award
Sept. 1, 2023
9:04 a.m.
The City of Belton is a finalist for a national communications and marketing award to be announced next week at an annual conference of the City-County Communications and Marketing Association (3CMA) in Orlando, Fla.
Belton’s entry is in the Social Media category for a Facebook post about Belton School Resource Officers taking an oath in front of staff members at Belton High School to “defend the lives of the innocent.” The gesture, made at a teacher in-service meeting, was poignant because the previous school year ended with a stabbing death on campus followed shortly afterward by the tragic school shooting in Uvalde.
“This gesture to grieving educators shows that the Belton Police Department takes seriously the motto to ‘protect and serve,’” Mayor David K. Leigh said. “It’s nice for the City of Belton to receive national recognition because its police officers modeled kindness and decency.”
The Savvy Awards competition honors excellence in local government communications. Entries are judged by local government professionals and individuals from professional, consulting and academic communities throughout the country.