If you came to this blog by way of Twitter or Facebook, you know that for several months I’ve been using the Scoop.It bookmarking service to aggregate news items about how police are using high tech. One reason I like it: its magazine-style format is nicely laid out, easy to read and easy to digest….
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Raw video: Tactics + strategy for a YouTube age
A Law Enforcement Today article recently covered the question: what do you do when a civilian starts recording you for a YouTube video? Regardless of whether your jurisdiction’s policy is to view videotaping as Constitutionally protected free speech, or a danger to officer safety, stated author Jean Reynolds: Criminal justice experts suggest the following guidelines…
Catching up with Cops 2.0
Over the past few weeks I’ve posted a couple of articles about the police role in the Occupy movement. After my borderline hiatus from Cops 2.0 this year, you might be wondering: why come back now? After I spoke at the Police Leadership Conference in Vancouver last April, my public relations work took off (coincidentally…
Occupy policing, Part II: Setting — and conveying — the right tone
On LinkedIn last week, I posted an item to several of my groups about how the Philadelphia Police Department cleared the city’s Dilworth Square of Occupy protesters. I received a LinkedIn message asking me what it had to do with social media or the Internet, and rather than respond one-on-one, I thought it would be…
Occupy policing: Shaping community dialogue through leadership
A Washington Post headline this week caught my eye: “Police want to stay out of Occupy story.” As quoted in the article: “What keeps police chiefs up at night is that somehow the purpose of the movement will become about actions that the police have taken,” said Chuck Wexler, executive director of the Police Executive…
Help is not a (dirty) 4 letter word
In the rush to understand all the high tech getting thrown at us on a pretty much constant basis, I think we often forget what the tech is actually for: to connect. With other human beings. Back in the ’80s and ’90s, the promise of computer technology was better efficiency. We’d be able to automate rote…