The Police Media Relations topic page gives PIOs or other department spokespeople the tools and techniques - from media training to Facebook and social media tips - to increase your effective communications with various media entities and help to shape the public’s perception of its cops.
Yes, police chiefs and PIOs can build trusting relationships with local and national media that are beneficial to the department and the community they serve
By now every officer should be trained in crowd control so that a group of them can form anytime to address a violent crowd in the early stages of its development
Sometimes, police need to share disturbing pictures or video on social media to catch criminals, but content moderation is a tricky subject. Here’s what agencies need to know
Retired Pittsburgh Police Chief Robert McNeilly, Jr., has written an operator’s manual for developing and managing effective police forces on any scale