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Contact us for information about hosting your own Social Media Fundamentals for Police training event. In 2012 we held successful events in several locations in North America. We’re currently working on dates in Oregon, Texas, Nebraska, Ontario and Massachusetts for early 2013 as well as private training events in Minnesota, California and Alberta.

All participants receive unlimited access to the >200 page LAwS Academy interactive digital textbook for one year, which is updated regularly.

LAwS Academy Comprehensive Social Media Fundamentals Course

This is not an investigations course. For information regarding training in social media investigations, please call us at 978-764-9887. This comprehensive two or three-day LAwS Academy training on social media use in law enforcement includes complete training in the use of Twitter and Facebook on day one. On day two/three we cover LinkedIn, Blogs, Pinterest, Google HangOuts, mobile apps, Social Media Strategy with the C.O.P.P.S. Social Media Method and policy considerations. This fast-paced course is designed for the serious learner and is intended to take law enforcement attendees with little or no knowledge of social media usage to a point where they’re comfortable and knowledgeable and have a complete working knowledge of how to gain all the benefits from using social media and mitigate the associated risks. Each event is customized to the local needs or requests of the host agency.

Who should attend: The Social Media Fundamentals course is designed for law enforcement professionals. Past attendees have included all ranks from local, state and national agencies. The course is appropriate for the persons who are most responsible for an agency’s social media presence including: sworn officers, public information managers, supervisors and executives.

Day One – Fundamentals of Twitter, Facebook, and Pinterest

• Best practices, settings for officer safety
• Third-party management tools

Day Two – Other important Social Media platforms and Social Media Strategy

• LinkedIn, Google+, Blogs, Flickr, YouTube & mobile applications
• Strategy development using the C.O.P.P.S. Social Media Method™

Day Three – Policy(s) development, analytics and Officer Safety

• Policies = Communications and Cyber Vetting
• Fake Cop Profiles, Geo-location & Facial recognition
• Building a following
• Gaining buy-in
• Third party apps!

Upcoming Dates and Locations:

Grafton, Massachusetts, at Grafton Police HQ

2-day Social Media Fundamentals Course hosted by Municipal Police Institute Upcoming dates are TBD Training is held at the Grafton Police Department HQ 26 Providence Road Grafton, MA 01519 Attendees must bring wi-fi enabled laptop. Download flier here.

Additional dates and locations are currently in development. They include Texas, Massachusetts and Nebraska in late Winter/early Spring. To host a LAwS Academy in exchange for free tuition, please email Lauri Stevens at lauri@lawscomm.net