Tufano Media

07/26/2023

Community members not only expect but deserve objectivity from state agencies investigating officer-involved shooting cases. They no less deserve transparency and accountability following an incident. Those expectations are difficult to satisfy when neither the state nor the local agency involved in the incident is inclined or authorized to publicly communicate.

That communication gap does not serve the long-term interests of society or local police departments that rely on community trust and support.

By Rob Tufano | Published July 26, 2023 It is not uncommon for my phone to ring in the middle of the night. I have learned to sleep with one eye open, anticipating an urgent call from a police chief or city manager seeking crisis communications support following a critical incident likely to generat...

07/21/2023

The adversarial relationship between the police and the media has a far-reaching impact. It undermines trust in the institutions and leaves society less informed. Cultivating a better relationship will require abandoning entrenched belief systems, egos, and emotions while recognizing the common ground the two fields share.

By Rob Tufano | Published July 21, 2023 Police-Media Relations, is an oxymoron, by very definition in far too many cities. It is hardly breaking news that the relationship between the press and law enforcement has historically been a frosty one on good days, and flat-out adversarial, on others.  Sa...

12/21/2020

Kings Mountain Police Chief Lisa Proctor has had enough and doesn’t mind saying it. One of her officers was shot and wounded this past weekend while investigating a suspicious person call for service. He was the fourth NC police officer shot in last week and a half (two of the officers were fatally wounded)

10/12/2020

Productive several days with emerging leaders in the Durham Police Department. We worked on communication development, public speaking and on-camera training for social and conventional media. Nothing warms the heart more than having a hand in the development of future leaders in the profession of law
enforcement. To schedule a development session, visit http://www.tufanomedia.com/

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04/13/2020

Police officers across the country have been thrust into the middle of a no-win position with COVID-19 enforcement.
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02/26/2020

We recently worked with law enforcement officials with the Florida Bureau of Insurance Fraud. The Bureau conducts critical investigations intended to protect Florida residents from victimization through home, life and healthcare insurance fraud.

Together, we developed strategic messaging and capacity through on-camera communication training. http://www.tufanomediagroup.com/
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02/25/2020

Liberia National Police Superintendent Gbarzia Subah is an emerging leader who “gets it” The Superintendent and I had some spirited conversations during my visit in Central Monrovia about leadership and development.

Community members in Liberia are fortunate to have such a forward thinking law enforcement professional serving them.
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02/24/2020

Some community engagement development with Liberia National Police. We visited Matilda Newport Junior High School as community police officers spoke with students about the impact of drug abuse.

More than sixty young people were engaged and hung on every syllable these officers uttered.

International Association of Chiefs of Police PoliceOne.com Axon US

02/22/2020

One of the elements of capacity development I'm working on with the Liberia National Police, is community engagement. I'm teaching officers how to connect more effectively on social media through video production.
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02/22/2020

I spent valuable time with Inspector General Patrick Sudue in Central Monrovia recently. The Inspector General commands the Liberia National Police force and has a specific vision for the LNP.

He is a leader that values police accountability, community engagement and responsible transparency. He calls those tenets the very foundation of community trust. I’m working with the Inspector General and his department to build capacity in the areas of strategic communications and community engagement.

Liberia may be 5,000 miles and two continents away, but we’re closer neighbors than we realize in terms of priorities.
International Association of Chiefs of Police PoliceOne.com

12/17/2019

We recently worked with 34 law enforcement professionals who came from as far as Alaska for a communications event. We spent several days together in Jupiter Florida and aggressively worked on strategic communication, on-camera development and how to effectively manage the media message in law enforcement.

It will be exciting to follow the trajectory of their respective careers. Sharp men and women for sure
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