Cop Talk: Essential Communication Skills for Community Policing

By Capt Rick Braziel, Rick Braziel, Rick Capt. Braziel, et al.

Book Overview

Community oriented policing requires increased and improved communication between officers and their community. COP Talk provides officers concrete ways to improve their communication with community members, fellow officers, government agencies, and the media. COP Talk blends proven academic principles with practical skill-building tools tailored to the special needs of police-community interactions. Includes key features to enhance learning and recall: Composite Stories of actual experiences illustrate communication concepts and techniques. Action Clips show how specific communication techniques and strategies have been used successfully in real-life application. Pocket Guides expand on the topic at hand, introduce helpful related information, and summarize complex processes. Activities help officers apply the concepts and practice implementing new techniques. Packed with advice, COP Talk demystifies the art of building relationships, conducting meetings, giving talks, involving the community, problem solving, and getting publicity.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0965502937
• ISBN13: 9780965502931
• Release Date: February 1999
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.1" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

Excellent !!!! A Great Community Policing Tool

Great use of communication techiques. Police Administrators could also benefit from the insightful information. The format is easy going, Cops will like it. COP Talk fills a void many police officer experince while trying to fullfill thier agency's mission. Every police officer knows that thier best weapon is not thier gun, not thier car or not the uniform; but the ability to communicate. Kudos to the athours and thier thoughtfulness.