Category Archives: Communication

Your Favorite Cop Show

What a great and simple question…. this is re-press from “The Bright Blue Line” by Chief Scott Silverii.  Follow him on his blog and on Twitter @ThibodauxChief. Your Favorite Cop Show.

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Getting It First or Getting It Right

This just became one of my favourite blog posts ever. I’m not going to say anything about it. I’m just going to ask you to read it and understand exactly what Jim Garrow (@jgarrow) is saying here: From “The Face … Continue reading

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Using emotions for sharing

Kittens Babies Puppies Sunsets Erotica Nostalgia Food Comedy What do all of these things (and many more) have in common?  They all are things that grab our emotions on one level or another. Seriously, who thinks the world needs another … Continue reading

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Time Sensitive Information and Sharing

BREAKING NEWS: AMBER ALERT : Edmonton, Kentucky,Quebec license plate (Quebec 72B 381). “A Little girl, 3 yrs. old picked up by a man driving a gray car, license plate: Quebec 72B 381. Canada. Reblog this. It could save her. The … Continue reading

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Is Improving Police an Impossible Task?

Is Improving Police an Impossible Task?. Here is a very interesting article from a former Chief.  What are your thoughts on this?  

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To Be Continued…?

To Be Continued…?. Here is a challenge that so many in Law Enforcement face.  There is a safety concern from something as simple as blogging or tweeting as well as the always present fear of, “tripping up” with opinions, thoughts … Continue reading

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#CopChat, November 14th, A double meaning to “citizen police”?

Over the weekend Christa happened to notice, affixed to the back windshields of several official police vehicles in her home state of South Carolina, “Don’t Tread on Me” stickers. In the US this symbol, the Gadsden flag, has historical significance: it was … Continue reading

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Please like me, follow me, subscribe to me…STOP IT!!

On a pretty much daily basis the requests for people to follow, like, subscribe, etc show up in multiple feeds across social media platforms. I don’t have a problem with these when you give me a reason to do it. … Continue reading

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Canadian Red Cross, Social Media and You

On Tuesday, October 9th, 2012, the Canadian Red Cross released a survey that they conducted with Ipsos Reid to gauge how we feel about social media and they work that is done by them, social media and being prepared. The results, while … Continue reading

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The Twitter book for Police & Law Enforcement

Scratch something off my bucket list… I wrote a book and its been published.  In all fairness, it is best described as an e-book and it won’t win any writing awards or get any New York Times Best Seller accolades, … Continue reading

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