Police take to Podcasting
Police agencies are recognizing that a good way to reach younger people in the community is through podcasting. One of the first large city police departments to come on board was the NYPD podcast which is a weekly informational broadcast and offers both a feed for podcast reception and an MP3 version. The Chicago Police Department publishes a podcast which is carried by the local NBC TV station. Other agencies are using podcasting for recruiting purposes. The Franklin, Massachusetts Police Department has a podcast integrated into its web site.
Police in the UK are way ahead of the US police in using both podcasting and blogs. James Richards of Edinburg reports that the Metropolitan Police in London use podcasting for recruiting purposes. In a separate posting, Richards reveals a list of police blogs attempting to "put a human face on policing" David Copperfield runs The Policeman's Blog which contains a considerable list of British and other blogs run by police agencies and officers. An anonymous blogger in Sussex, England has created a blog covering "A Year in the Life of a Police Dispatcher".
American police agencies generally are having a tough time recruiting, particularly in the more dangerous cities. Podcasting seems like a good way to reach out to potential officers.
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