Instructor Chris Ryan asks questions during an on-scene exercise at the PIO Boot Camp in San Diego, California.

• 4-Days of intensive Police Media Relations Training (High caliber instruction,
  exercises, videos, extensive on-camera practicals and much more)
• Certification as 'Master Public Information Officer' (suitable for framing)
• Networking opportunities with officers from across the U.S.
• Souvenir PIO Boot Camp t-shirt
• Special boot camp hotel rates
• Awesome location and weather

You'll learn...

• Homeland Security - Crisis communications & response
• Managing media & communications when tragedy strikes
• Gunslinger Journalists™ - Are you their next target?
• An insiders look at the "Beltway Sniper" case
• Videos: Good, bad & ugly of police media interviews
• What your body language is really saying
• Communicating out of the zone
• Develop your public information policy
• An eye-opening look inside a television news room
• Secrets & tricks reporters don't want you to know
• Write more effective new releases and collateral materials
• Control more of what is printed and broadcast
• 25 emergency responses to the toughest media questions
• Create more effective public service programs
• Verbal and non-verbal message development
• Deal with media scrutiny during a department or other scandal
• The "real world" of aggressive reporting and media ethics
• Developing a more effective call-out routine
• Secrets pros use to prepare for newspaper, radio and TV interviews
• Public Records: Cases and legal decisions from across the U.S.

After attending Chris Ryan's PIO Boot Camp you'll have the vital training, tools and skills
necessary to excel in the real world of police media relations. Registration fee is $595 per person.

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