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Use The Tools You Have…Period
One week ago today another mass shooting took place in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The shooting spree started at around 5:40 pm on Saturday, February 20 and ended with the arrest of the suspect, Jason Dalton on Sunday, February 21 at approximately … Continue reading
Email List Subscriptions
For the last week of 2015 I was cleaning, re-arranging, re-organizing, de-cluttering…you know, out with the old; in with the new. Yesterday was email day. Unsubscribing from email newsletters, opt-ins and offers that aren’t relevant to my needs or wants … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Resources, Strategy
Tagged cleaning, digital clean, email list, law enforcement social media, LESM, organization
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Engagement through voyeurism? #CopChat
It’s Wednesday…which means #CopChat night at 9pm. Don’t know what #CopChat is? Simple, it’s a Twitter chat that happens every Wednesday night at 9pm eastern time. Members of the public are encouraged to come and chat online with members of … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Resources, Strategy, Tips
Tagged #copchat, communication, LESM, periscope, periscope for lesm, periscope tv, police
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Happy #SOCIALMEDIADAY 2o15
[REBLOG ALERT] I posted this one year ago today but it’s been updated for 2015… To honor the 6th Mashable Social Media Day, I thought it would be fun to re-write Sir Robert Peel‘s, “Peel’s Principles of Modern Policing” … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Inspiration, Resources, Strategy
Tagged LESM, peel principles of social media, police, sir robert peel, social media
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Police Week Re-Cap
Police Week 2015 is over and May 15th has come and gone for another year. Peace Officers Memorial Day saw 273 new names added to the memorial wall and their sacrifice will be remembered ever more. I hope you were … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Measurement, Resources
Tagged hashtag tracking, national police week, police week, twitter results
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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
Posted in Communication, Reputation Management, Resources
Tagged cyber safety for families, safety, training, webinar
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The Police Podcast
Well…it’s been something that I’ve been working on doing for about 6 months now of and on but now…it’s all on! Introducing… The Police Podcast has been something I’ve wanted to do for a long time to help tell the “police … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Resources
Tagged communication, law enforcement social media, podcast, police, the police podcast
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Tonight’s #CopChat Topic – Compliance
One word that consistently creeps into conversations around police use of force issues is compliance. “If the person would have complied with officers orders they wouldn’t have been ________”. Fill in the blank, arrested, taken down, cuffed, punched, choked, shot. … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Resources
Tagged #copchat, communication, law enforcement social media, police
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Facebook and Amber Alerts…it just makes sense
Thank you Facebook and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children for teaming up for this awesome step forward! Since law enforcement agencies first became involved with building communities on Facebook, the sharing of information regarding missing children has … Continue reading
The #LESM Conference
Three years ago I “attended” a conference that was held 100% online. It cost a lot of money but it was well worth it. There were lots of presenters, a tonne of great information and with the registration came recordings of … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Resources
Tagged LESM, social media for law enforcement, the lesm confernce
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