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FILE - In this Tuesday, June 10, 2014, file photo, a police officer lifts up police tape as students arrive by bus to meet their parents and/or family at the Fred Meyer grocery store parking lot in Wood Village, Ore., after a shooting at Reynolds High School, in nearby Troutdale. Police in Washington state are asking the public to stop tweeting during shootings and manhunts to avoid accidentally telling the bad guys what officers are doing. Two recent incidents led the Washington State Patrol to organize the &quot;TweetSmart&quot; campaign: the search for a gunman in Canada after three officers were killed and the shooting at Reynolds High School. (AP Photo/Greg Wahl-Stephens, File)

Police to citizens: Be careful what you tweet

By DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this Nov. 30, 2009, file photo, a Seattle police officer helps block a street adjacent to a north Seattle park where police were searching for a suspect in the slaying of four police officers. Police in Washington state are asking the public to stop tweeting during shootings and manhunts to avoid accidentally telling the bad guys what officers are doing. The “TweetSmart” campaign began in late July 2014 by a coalition of nine agencies, including the Washington state patrol and the Seattle police. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, file)

Washington state police to citizens: Be careful what you tweet

By Donna Gordon Blankinship - Associated Press