Omaha.com ran a recent article about Lincoln (Nebraska)’s blogging police chief, Tom Casady. Read about his subject matter, but pay particular attention to what he and another city official had to say about blogging: Casady and [Round Lake, Ill. Mayor Bill] Gentes agreed that being personable and genuine is key to a successful blog. Gentes…
Monthly Archives: February 2009
Social preparedness
Controlling public information during a critical incident used to be, if not easy, then at least somewhat predictable. Police and other emergency responders’ relationship with the media could dictate whether reporters transmitted (or did not transmit) the appropriate messages—or rumors. The Internet, and especially the advent of social media, has changed that predictability. The best…
Guest bloggers wanted
Cops 2.0 is looking for guest bloggers! Are you an officer, administrator, or other individual involved with social media in law enforcement? Let us know. We’re interested in what you and/or your department is doing with blogs, Twitter, Facebook/MySpace, wikis, or other applications, whether internally or used to connect with the public. We’re less interested…
Social Media vs Employer vs your rights
Wow! Imagine my surprise when I popped open my browser window to find this: Cop catches heat for profane blog entries Although Newport News doesn’t regulate the behavior of off-duty employees or what they write, individuals shouldn’t make reckless or malicious statements against city employees, according to the city’s existing policy. In addition, any conduct…
Categories? Tags? What’s the big deal?
Now that we have our blogging platform, and our theme or front end, we need to start working on the backend of the site. One of the areas that seems to be the biggest hang up for organizations stepping into the social media/blogging realm is the idea behind categories and tags. Which is what and…
What Gen Y means to law enforcement
I got to thinking about this last night as I wrote a comment on this post. What does Generation Y really mean to law enforcement? It was already on my mind as I recently finished an article on police recruiting and retention in this economy. (Shameless self-promotion: it will be out in the March/April issue…