Effective Media Skills for Law Enforcement This 8-hour course is designed for police officers, detectives, community police officers, communications supervisors, public information officers and other law enforcement personnel with none or even limited experience in media relations, who seek additional skills which will allow them to communicate more effectively with members of the media under a multitude of circumstances. Course topics cover an array of media issues that commonly cause law enforcement to not seek media assistance in their problem solving efforts. The 8-hour course is designed for law enforcement and taught by a law enforcement media professional. It focuses on development of communication skills and techniques, avoiding pitfalls, and better understanding of media procedures as they apply to law enforcement. Participants will understand the media can be an invaluable tool by which to provide information to the community, as well as a source of gathering information for ongoing investigations. Participants will learn how to be proactive in describing their problem solving efforts to the media, allowing for a greater chance of positive coverage and eventually case closure. Effective Media Skills training will use real-life media conflicts and crime scene procedures as they apply to releasing information and dealing with crisis situations. Students will then apply learned skills in classroom discussion. Participants will also interact with members of the media in a free flowing discussion on how they can gain maximum positive coverage of a negative incident occurring in the officer's patrol zone, community policing area or at the crime scene. Course Goals:
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Contact Us: 3200 34th Street South, St. Petersburg, FL 33711 This project was supported by Grant No. 2009-CKWX-K010 awarded by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, Department of Justice, and Grant No. 2009-D1-BX-K030 awarded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, Department of Justice. The Bureau of Justice Assistance is a component of the Office of Justice Programs, which also includes the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the SMART Office, and the Office for Victims of Crime. Points of view or opinions in this document are those of the author and do not represent the official position or policies of the United States Department of Justice. |