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In a crisis, communicate short-term for long-term goodwill

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May 11, 2010
In a crisis, communicate short-term for long-term goodwill

An iPhone prototype lost, found, and then sold. A police raid on the home of the blogger who broke the story. In a public relations crisis that is largely eclipsed by the much bigger issues of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and Wall Street fraud, the Silicon Valley-based Rapid Enforcement Allied Computer Team...
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An example of what I mean

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April 22, 2010
An example of what I mean

I thought it might be useful to provide an example of what I am talking about when I say that law enforcement agencies can do more – a lot more – with social media than they currently are. First, Joe the Cop Joe’s latest blog post concerns the beatdown of a compliant motorist by...
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Worth 1000 words

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January 20, 2010
Worth 1000 words

Images in police work typically bring to mind two things: crime-scene photos, and mugshots. The first are not releasable to the public. (Or at least, they should not be.) The second are, but by now they’re run-of-the-mill, Joe the Cop’s blog treatments notwithstanding. So how are images useful for social law enforcement? Take a...
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Moving up in the (community) world

July 3, 2010

In the past 18 months I’ve been so eager to “prove” what social media can do for law enforcement...
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What budget cuts mean to online public safety

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May 20, 2010

In April, the Wall Street Journal highlighted law enforcement budget cuts and what they meant for public safety: Since...
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In a crisis, communicate short-term for long-term goodwill

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May 11, 2010

An iPhone prototype lost, found, and then sold. A police raid on the home of the blogger who broke...
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Gov2Social: Agencies’ new one stop shop

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April 28, 2010

Researching social media use by other police departments – but don’t have the time to troll through the Twitter...
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Critical Incidents

There are no 10 codes in blogs

There are no 10 codes in blogs

Fifteen years ago when I was a police Explorer in New Hampshire, I remember quite a debate over using 10 codes vs. plain English. 10 codes protected information from nosy reporters and civilians; plain English was less confusing for emergency responders, especially during incidents requiring multi-jurisdictional response. All are arguments coming up yet again,...

2.0 Technology

Does your strategy actually have a strategy?

The easiest way to define your strategy is to look no further than your...

A taste of what’s to come

In my last post, I said that new Cops 2.0 admins Laura, Tim and...

Gov2Social: Agencies’ new one stop shop

Researching social media use by other police departments – but don’t have the time...

It’s an encyclopedia! It’s a FAQ! It’s… a wiki?

From the Hawaiian word for “fast,” the wiki is perhaps best exemplified in Wikipedia…...


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