EUROPEAN POLICE GET MEDIA RELATIONS TRAINING

State Dept. Sends Top Police Media Expert

ZAGREB, Croatia -- Police chiefs, commanders, prosecutors and spokespersons in the Republic of Croatia (former Yugoslavia) had a unique opportunity to be trained by Chris Ryan, a top international police media relations expert.
 
U.S. State Department officials sent Mr. Ryan to work with police executives for 7-weeks at the request of
the Republic of Croatia Government.
 
Law enforcement officials in this burgeoning democracy face an ever-changing news media. Croatian journalists often take cues from their American and European counterparts in how to deal with law enforcement and court officers.

Croatian law enforcement executives listened attentively and took copious notes during their 1-week training sessions with Mr. Ryan. Attendees were hungry for any information that will assist and prepare them for challenges they are facing.

The East European nation is making a slow but steady transition from communism to a modern democracy.  Many of those in attendance were former communists looking at a democratic society for the first time. Issues that are common place for American law enforcement executives were new and often difficult to grasp.

Training for Croatian police executives included; Police media relations in a free society, crisis and crime scene communications, verbal and non-verbal message development, tactical media relations, interview and news conference preparation, etc.

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