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2012 Annual Report.pdf - Polk County Sheriff's Office

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<strong>Office</strong> ofCommunications<strong>Office</strong> ofthe SheriffThe <strong>Office</strong> of Communications is comprised of the Public Information <strong>Office</strong>, the Crime PreventionUnit, the Volunteer Services Unit (including Citizen’s Assisted Patrol), the Volunteer Chaplain’s Program,and the Multimedia Education and Training Unit.The Public Information <strong>Office</strong> is responsible for disseminating information to the community, as wellas members of the Sheriff ’s <strong>Office</strong>, through audio, visual, print, and Internet communications. The PublicInformation <strong>Office</strong> serves as the liaison to local and national news media (print, radio, and broadcast). ThePublic Information <strong>Office</strong> aids in crime prevention and community awareness by writing and distributingnews releases, Crime Stoppers Bulletins, The Cyber Star monthly PCSO external e-newsletter, and TheShining Star monthly internal e-newsletter.Public Information <strong>Office</strong>Multimedia Education and Training UnitIn <strong>2012</strong>, the Multimedia Education andTraining Unit provided audio and visual assistanceand completed filming projects for external agenciesas well as many more internal projects.• 73 hours assisting other agencies• 176 external video segments• 1,329 internal video segments• 201 video production requests• 205• 530• 246• 52• 6,795crime stoppers releasesnews releasesnews stories coordinatednews conferencescoordinatedcontacts with themedia• 98,704 newslettersdistributedMETU fi lming a PCSO PublicService Announcement33

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