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Strategies for effective public messaging during active threats

Enhancing community safety through proactive communication planning

In a world where the specter of active threats and mass shootings can manifest seemingly without warning, law enforcement can ill-afford to be unprepared to respond to such tragedies. Let’s review some key components of an active threat communications plan: 1. SHARE INFORMATION EARLY 2. IMPLEMENT STRATEGIC MEDIA STAGING 3. FORM A JOINT INFORMATION CENTER [...]

2023-11-07T15:18:39-05:00November 7th, 2023|

Getting People Together in the Room

Omaha police hold training for crisis communication, mass casualty incident

The Omaha Police Department hosted a massive training for crisis communications, saying it's not a matter of if something happens — but when. "What's happening here today doesn't happen often enough across this country," said Julie Parker. Read more. Want more JPC news?

2023-11-08T09:01:28-05:00November 3rd, 2023|

Minute by Minute Podcast

How the GBI Handled the Social Media Response to the Ahmaud Arbery Murder

Julie interviews Nelly Miles, director of the Office of Public and Governmental Affairs for the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, about the agency's communication plan to handle the overwhelming public response to the viral video of the death of Ahmaud Arbery.

2023-05-25T10:28:41-04:00May 25th, 2023|

Roundtable: Police PIOs Share Communication Strategies in the Aftermath of a School Shooting

Regardless of where an incident occurs, agencies invariably face inquiries from community members and the media about their preparedness and response

Julie Parker and other communications experts share their best practices for communicating with the media and the public after a school shooting.

2023-05-24T11:06:15-04:00May 24th, 2023|

Awash in Social Media, How Are Police Learning to Inform the Public Better After Shootings?

JPC's Julie Parker and Katie Nelson are quoted in this AP story about the evolving ways police departments are sharing information with the public during, and after, mass shootings.

2023-05-22T10:55:48-04:00May 22nd, 2023|

Minute by Minute

The GBI's Communications Response to the Ahmaud Arbery Murder

Julie Parker interviews Nelly Miles, director of the Office of Public and Governmental Affairs for the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, about the agency's communications response to the viral video of the death of Ahmaud Arbery.

2023-05-05T12:27:13-04:00May 5th, 2023|
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