Author Archives: Tim Burrows

About Tim Burrows

Tim Burrows was a sworn police officer for 25 years with experience in front line operations, primary response, traffic, detective operations and supervision. He has training in a broad spectrum of policing responsibilities including, IMS, Emergency Management, computer assisted technology investigations, leadership, community policing and crisis communications. Tim is available to assist you with your social media program and communication. Click here to contact him http://bit.ly/ContactTimBurrows

Who’s The Star of The Show – #CopChat Topic

Tonight on #CopChat we’re going to take a look at the issue of internal brand management and who the star of any agencies social media program really should be. We will also have a very special guest host!! Kristen Rose … Continue reading

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Cyber Safety For Families Registration

On Thursday, February 12th I’ll be presenting “Cyber Safety For Families” at 2:00 pm and again at 8:00 pm. This is a very similar presentation to the one I do for schools, parents associations and clubs and it’s an updated version … Continue reading

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Celebrating the 20th Police Podcast Recording

20 days ago The Police Podcast was released on iTunes and Stitcher and I have had an awesome time interviewing some amazing guests and talking about some things that are important for all of us, police and public alike. I … Continue reading

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Social Media and Freedom of Speech

Policies, procedures, guidelines and training all attempt to help and guide a law enforcement officer’s decision-making and set the boundaries for what should and shouldn’t be done. But, is that enough? Common sense should be the real guide in some … Continue reading

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When does political correctness go to far? #CopChat

We live in a world that over the past 25 years or so has seen the move of political correctness take hold of the lexicon of communication to the point where some things that were at one time acceptable to … Continue reading

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Intention vs Perception and Reality

On January 28th, 2015 the United States Army published an article and did what most of do nowadays to promote our work…they tweeted it out. It didn’t take long for people to voice their disappointment about the tweet and take … Continue reading

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SuperBowl 101: Common Terms Explained

With the big game fast approaching, I thought it would be good to let you all know some of the common terms that you will hear during the big game and what they really mean when police officers hear them. … Continue reading

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Friends…how many of us have them? #CopChat

Friends, followers, subscribers….accept my request. I’m pretty sure Shakespeare had no idea that Cesar could be so friendly in the age of social media. One of the most popular questions that I’m asked is, “How do we get more followers?” … Continue reading

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What your community wants to know

One struggle that departments can find themselves in is finding great content to provide to their communities, that matters to them. Sure it’s easy posting pictures that promote your agency or press conferences and news releases that ask for their … Continue reading

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The Truth About Waze

Some people in the police and law enforcement community are looking at Google to shut down the Waze App citing officer safety concerns and comparing some of the apps functionality to ‘stalking police’ software. The question is, “Is Waze dangerous to … Continue reading

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