Traditional vs. Non-Traditional Media

Traditional vs. Non-Traditional Media

• Traditional media includes television, radio, print and digital accounts which these maintain.
• Non-traditional media includes individuals/groups outside traditional media outlets.
• These regularly post website and social media information.
• Citizen journalists capture events randomly/opportunistically with the potential to go viral.

Similarities between Traditional and Non-Traditional Media

• Both are afforded First Amendment protections.
• Both seek timely access to information in user-friendly forms with audio/visuals.
• Both have physical access rights to incident scenes equal to any private citizen.
• Both have equal access to information as any private citizen.

Differences between Traditional and Non-Traditional Media

• Non-traditional media lacks professional standards unlike traditional journalism.
• Non-traditional media is advocacy-focused, while traditional media is objective.
• Sensationalism is often a primary goal for non-traditional media; accuracy is key for traditional media.
• Non-traditional media prioritizes event-driven reporting over law enforcement relationships.
• Traditional media builds rapport with law enforcement through ongoing news event interactions.

Establishing Rapport with the Media

• Cooperation between you and the media is mutually beneficial because each has a job to do.
• Information from law enforcement is needed by the media to develop accurate news stories.
• Media coverage influences public perception of law enforcement agencies.
• Media offers a fast way to reach large audiences.
• Agencies need media to distribute information about developing situations/threats and request help for investigations.

Guidelines for Officers When Media Arrives

• Secure the incident scene.
• Establish a safe staging area for media and inform the media about the same.
• Media is not allowed in areas that interfere with the scene/emergency response.
• They are not permitted to access incident area.
• Designated area is the only place law enforcement will answer questions.
• Advise the media when information will be available.
• When referring media to a supervisor/PIO, be aware that camera crews may still be recording.
• The officer's actions/demeanor may indirectly send a message.

Guidelines for Interacting with the Media

• Be ready to communicate with the media with minimal preparation.
• Understand and follow your agency’s policies/procedures.
• Always keep a professional attitude.
• Offer all media outlets the same facts and keep messaging consistent.
• Never speak off the record

Guidelines for Issuing Statements to the Media

• When preparing a statement, identify releasable information based on investigation and agency policy.
• Pay attention to personal appearance and what is in the background.
• While giving a statement, avoid distracting mannerisms.
• Make eye contact without staring into the camera.
• Keep voice at normal, conversational level. Be aware of your tone.
• Recognize that explaining processes is helpful, yet think before speaking.
• Avoid using police jargon.
• Language used within law enforcement isn't always suitable for civilian audiences.
• Keep comments concise and direct.
• Do not focus on questions — stay message-driven.
• Make your statement, or address the question briefly, and avoid feeling the need to fill the "air".
• Accuracy counts, and don't hesitate to correct yourself.
• For questions you cannot answer, never guess, lie, speculate, or give a personal opinion.
• Avoid saying “no comment,” and have a pre-planned, non-abrasive response prepared.

Four Dimensions of a Whole Person Contributing to Effectiveness

• Physical: A healthy body provides strength and endurance.
• Mental: A healthy mind focuses on feeding, challenging, and growing.
• Emotional: A healthy heart cultivates positive emotions and managing energy.
• Spiritual: A healthy spirit means being purposeful, serving a cause, and faithful to self.

Domestic Violence Offense Elements per R.C. 2919.25

• Knowingly causing/attempting physical harm to a family/household member.
• Recklessly causing significant physical harm to a family/household member.
• Using force to make a family/household member believe the offender will cause imminent harm.

Categories of Family or Household Members

• Anyone residing or having resided with the offender such as:
  • A spouse, person living as a spouse, or former spouse.
  • Offender’s parent, foster parent, child
  • Any person related by consanguinity (blood) or affinity (marriage) to the offender.
  • Parent/child of a spouse, person living as a spouse, or former spouse when related by consanguinity/affinity.
• The natural parent of a child where the offender is the other natural or alleged parent.

Determining the Primary Physical Aggressor in Domestic Violence Incidents

• Prior incidents of domestic violence or violent acts by either party.
• Whether self-defense caused the alleged violence.
• Each person’s fear of physical harm from the other's threats, use, or history of force, and its reasonableness.
• Comparative severity of injuries to those involved in the alleged offense.

Temporary Protection Order (TPO)

• A TPO is issued by the municipal court when family/household member is charged with:
  • Criminal damaging/endangering.
  • Criminal mischief.
  • Burglary.
  • Aggravated trespass.
  • A similar municipal ordinance.
  • An offense of violence.
  • A sexually oriented offense.
• R.C. 2935.03 allows the arresting officer to file if the alleged victim can't due to an emergency.

Domestic Violence Temporary Protection Order (DVTPO)

• DVTPO assists protect victims of domestic violence.
• Order Removes suspect from shared residence.
  • It May include other prohibitions and protection.
  • Order is Effective for the criminal case length.
  • Can be obtained any time starting with arraignment.
  • Order concludes at the end of the criminal case.

Requesting a TPO

• The alleged victim.
• The complainant (parent/adult household member, law enforcement officer, prosecutor).
• A family/household member of alleged victim.
• A peace officer filing if victim is severely injured or hospitalized.
• By the court independently.
  • The person requesting must appear before court.
  • Must provide motion details, especially if victim filed for DVTPO, for the DVTPO hearing.

Criminal Protection Order (CRPO)

• CRPO’s are often issued by courts where the accused is not a member of the household, but is charged with:
  • Any form of assault.
  • Any form of menacing.
  • Aggravated trespass, or a sexually oriented offense.
• Order is issued as additional bail under criminal rule 46 or during pre-trial.
• CRPO’s are similar to TPO’s, but are for non-family/non-household members.

Civil Protection Order (CPO)

• CPO is used for domestic violence victims.
• Acquired via domestic relations/common pleas court when criminal charges aren't filed.
• The protection can last for 5 years.
• Includes child support and custody provisions

TPO vs CPO

• If someone files for TPO and then CPO, the TPO is invalid once the CPO is issued.
• The officer will need to charge with a violation of the CPO if any orders are on file.
• There are 2 versions of the CPO - Ex parte and Final - and both are enforceable.

CPO Enforcement

• You don’t need to prove the defendant was served with the order if:
  • the defendant is shown the order, or
  • a judge, LEO, or magistrate informed the defendant.
• Defendant must recklessly violate the order.
• Officer must:
  • document order information and why the officer thought the protection was accurate.
  • guarantee that the offender knew of the order (it was served, shown to them, they were informed by law enforcement or a judge).

Dating Violence Civil Protection Order (DTCPO)

• Recognizes that dating violence is similar to domestic violence.
• Protection orders are against abusive dating partners

What Constitutes a Dating Relationship

• Someone who is/was in a dating relationship means someone who, at the time, was in a dating relationship in the last 12 months with an adult.
• Means a romantic or intimate relationship, not a casual acquaintance or ordinary business fraternization.
• Victims must provide a description of the relationship, the nature of the abuse, and the extent of domestic violence.
• Same 2 versions as CPO (Ex parte and Final).
• Potential is limited compared to CPO (stay away, no contact).

Stalking and Sexually Oriented Offenses Protection Order (SSOOPO)

• Protects victims of stalking.
• Protects the victim of sexually oriented offenses from someone who is not a household/family member.
• Issued through common pleas court.
• Available with/without criminal charges and Must include the violation details to get an SSOOPO.
• Same 2 versions as CPO (Ex Parte and Final).
• Are Valid for up to 5 years.

Juvenile Civil Protection Order (JCPO)

• JCPO’s are issued by the court.
• Must be an allegation that a non-family/household member engaged in:
  • Any form of assault, menace, or aggravated trespassing.
  • A sexually oriented offense.
  • A municipal ordinance that is substantially equivalent.
• Any of the following may seek relief by filing:
  • Any person for that person.
  • Any parent or adult family member on behalf of any other family member or household member.
  • Another Appropriate party determined by court to seek relief.

What a JCPO Contains

• Allegation that respondent participated in behavior that violates code and a description of details.
• If petition seeks electronic monitoring: An allegation that respondent's behavior put someone at risk
• A description and allegation that the respondent is a danger.
• A request for relief.
• Identical 2 versions as CPO (ex parte and final).
• It is effective until a date certain but not later than the respondent reaching 19.

JCPO Parameters

• Protected individuals cannot invite waiving of restrictions in the order.
• Officers give all information concerning relief to the family members or victim.

Domestic Violence Juvenile Civil Protection Order (DVJCPO)

• Gives Protection to families or houses when one is the victim under 18 years old

Filing

• Relief can be sought by the person on behalf of themselves, or by the adult on behalf of the family member or other person.
• The order is one of the 2 versions as CPO (ex parte and final).
• Parties can negotiate the order without the court violence.
• Order is good for 5 years, until respondent ages out of being a dependent, age 19.
• Court may order electronic monitoring.

Protection Order Violation

• No Person allowed to reckless violates a protection order of this state or of another state.
• Violation is a M-1 unless it can be enhanced.
• The Defendant/respondent, the charged with complicity Is the only party charged/arrested of the PO since protected persons can't violate.

Violation

• Violations may be deemed as:
  • Attempted caused physical harm, threatening, following or stalking.
• Residence entry or school including ground where victims present.
• Interfering with others' rights.
• Not rendering all key or door opener
• Property being near

Characteristics of a Crisis State

• Involves mental and/or emotional distress which creates instability or danger.
• Disruptive behavior is shown toward by the community, friends, family, and/or themselves.
• This situation draws people to call law enforcement over medical/mental health organizations due to the disruption elements.
• The crisis is triggered by a precipitation.

Precipitation Occurrences in Crisis Situations:

Examples:

• An emotional occurrence like divorce, losing a loved one, facing an act of violence, or losing a job.
• Medical circumstances like issues with medication.
• Incorrect or wrong perception of a situation.
• No matter your way of seeing things, the ability to find solutions to control things will diminish by the feeling of being OVERWHELMED.

The compromised capacity happens because:

• Brain Chemistry
• Brain Deterioration
• Not able to learn from your ability
• Injury
• Trauma
• Overload
• Substance abuse

Factors That Increase Risk of Violence Combined With Mental Illness:

• Past Actions
• Abusive or Dependence
• Disorder
• Thoughts and actions
• Gender

Triggers

• Under stress
• Divorce
• Exposure from past/past

Traditional Encounters vs. Special Populations Encounters

• Non-confrontational methods needed.
• Helpful to utilize de-escalation for special population encounters.

Active listening has eight methods:

• Identifying the other person's emotional state.
• Opportunities to express.
• Support over dismissal
• Acknowledgment is a big restore to balancing

Mirroring

Copy speaking is way to understand it can also promote more

Format

Paraphrasing: listening for clarification and understanding Summarizing: long way to paraphrase it's way to feel understand and show support and being listened

Commits

Silence: not talking at same you want to have enough open area for everyone

Pauses

Add focus to get to a statement of meaning

Reminders

Cue when there is silence or not verbal responses:

Open Enders

Not more yes and allows you to asses those around to find out what going on: asking these will make a difference in finding out.

Imessages

Speakers can let out how they have been feeling

Compliance

L Listen- actively listen and know E. Be aware A- Ask Open ended questions P- in your own repeat S- Short condense

EAR Model

Easy- to have that initial calmness

• Can be found out with asking their name and so to get calm and clear it all up

2- Acces

Give a look up and so it can find the truth and help the need.

3. resolve

bring the enconter to a safe person needs. to have help safe it on crime and the resources have. Follow direction. actions as a one have for normal.

To NOT DO!

• Acting up with quick commands
• No area
• No touching with out a call
• Crowding

Lying

Using the to harm

Crisis: Four areas

Real time.

• Scared and hard to think right

• Validate over deny

• Eye

• Questions and support/ get them comply

• Emotional state

• Lost

• Recent

• Support and give some sort hope

• Controlling

• Victim

• Hostage

• Let them say what wrong and listen

• Be aware of the signs going on

• Lost from view

• Anxiety

Suicidal Signs by LAST Model

• Chosen and will
• Is a chance
• Do you really and time to harm

Help in Need

• Arrest
• De-escalate
• Transport But when are they okay

To have a good one you must have

• Rules broke
• No help
• Behavior and mental state good
• No plans to be unsafe
• Mentally ill
• Will be stable while getting help

Rules are broke

• No help close
• Needs with mentals and so bad they can be hurt

Mentally help you need to see

• Mental hurt that and not being able
• Mentality well and could
• Help

When and who

• What
• Why
• And talk away
• Show and help way and let talk and why they okay and are feeling so

Kido

• Commission
• Bad
• Sexually
• Hurting them

How can they can come from

• Worry in a point where there hurt
• Danger with what they can hear about

Document abuse.

• Injured more then once
• Not adding up
• Old fashion hurt
• Threating to punish
• Adding crimes onto them.
• The bad mouth

Kid touch part

• Sexually activity's with one to act
• Can barely care.
• Exposing to bad behavior like sex

Disregard and to get a missing report.

• Take act with the kids in danger

• No time to wait and help them go

• NCIC will show all run away

• Find and show to family

• Show that all

Show the people

• What and why
• Get them out and safe then let them get hurt
• Why is this needed for a help from the agency's
• See what okay

How

• Why
• Where
• Get them in the safe then mom and dad won't be there

Red light, amber light

• 18

• Bodily risk

• Info

• What when they can run and get out 18

And what they are about

Where and why

When they are close, but run

• Report for safety

When they older will show

• Report after awhile

• Can they need

• Older 65 . mental problem and close they are near.

Autism to go about: The reason to help them

Blue and out is the reason you help them

The officers have the light . What

Who and why and not okay by a report or the harm

• Run

• From another land

• Work and stay

• People will hurt them

• Trauma

• Family issues

• Basic well ness

Why not okay to okay these can have

And the reason it will hurt them:

• What you do and say

• Trust you

• They you do and say