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Tag Archive: Law
Good blogging means honesty
This blog entry was directed at politicians, but is well worth a read when it comes to any government-agency blogging effort. Of course, with regard to law enforcement blogging, it creates another layer of self-analysis. At issue is Nancy Pelosi‘s declaration, in her disagreement with Congressman Bill Young over what to do with the Guantanamo…
Anticipating the critics
Image via Wikipedia Officer “Smith” has a blog entry up about a hypothetical “excessive force” situation. His sentiments have been echoed by many law enforcement officers: When the general public sees any such police action on the news, they need to make sure they know all the facts before they cry murder or excessive force….
Webcams: the new Crime Watch
In an editorial for the Savannah Morning News, Police Chief Michael Berkow wrote: We have a community problem here in Savannah. It’s called Armed Robbery…. Your police department cannot solve this problem alone; we need to attack this as a community…. But we need everyone’s help: from parents talking to their kids; to the schools;…
Officer reputations–through Google’s lens
When making policy on online officer activities, law enforcement administrators need to consider that blogs and tweets are not the only officer representations. More and more media outlets are online, too, naming officers in news articles about all kinds of community interactions–good and bad. A tale of two officers I first blogged about this at…
Branding police work via social media
“Branding” is one of those corporate buzzwords that threatens to be overused, if it isn’t already. Yet the concept–to create a set of words and images that inspire positive reactions in people–couldn’t be more important to law enforcement. How does police work get branded? Usually, through the media. The TV show COPS is a brand, as are the…