Public Announcement to the Press
A police officer should ensure that a press announcement is concise and as short as possible. Specifically, the police officer should communicate effectively in varying intensities. They should use accurate vocabulary, and the communication should be focused on particulars to avoid unnecessary embarrassments. Furthermore, an officer should be careful in their choice of words to avoid creating ambiguity. In most instances, ambiguous words send the wrong message to the media, and may result in misinformation of the public.
Schmalleger (2012) suggests that a police officer’s facial expression should be consistent with the verbal message. The press quickly picks ...