Importance of Immediate Police Communications

CJ 205 Module Four Assignment Template Police Communications To complete this template, replace the bracketed text with the relevant information. Address each of the items in the table. Be sure to correctly cite any descriptions or sample communications in APA format in the References section. ImmediateNotification/Communication Press ReleaseSocial Media PostInternal Report DescriptionImmediate communication is important because it not only ensures safety of the officers involved but of the community as well. The faster a department is able to communicate the safer people are. It could also help solve a case faster.The purpose of a press release is to have the facts of the incident come straight from the police rather than rumors from anoutside source. With a press release it also helps the police department build a rapport with the community by announcing what is going on rather than the community feeling like they are in the dark.The purpose of having social media as a police department is to communicate with the community. As well as, justas with a press release, having the facts put out by the police station erase therumors when the actual facts are put out on social media. Social media has become more and more important as people use social media more, writing a social media post reaches a lot more people than the regular news paper does. While posting on social media, it is important that officers pay attention to their wording and the comments they make, one wrong comment could turn the community against the The purpose of writing and keeping record of an internal report is that that there is factual information on the case. Although it may not seem important, it is critical that the officer writing the report is very thorough with what they are writing. Something in the report could be very helpful in solving a case. It is important that these records are kept, if something comes up years down the line, something in this report maybe important to that case.