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Inside the strange new world of police PR efforts
FromThe Big Story
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Length:
27 minutes
Released:
Nov 24, 2022
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Podcast episode
Description
It goes without saying that police services often have their own version of events—which are often revealed in press releases or in conversation with reporters. But with public opinion turning against them as abuses of power are continually revealed, some police forces are going much further than that in an attempt to burnish their image.Should cops write newsletters on Substack with their side of the story? Should they hire crisis communication firms using tax dollars? And even as they do it, does it accomplish anything?GUEST: Julia-Simone Rutgers, writer and reporter based in Winnipeg, inaugural Justice Fund writer-in-residence at The Walrus
Released:
Nov 24, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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