All Things Crime - The Invaluable Role of the PIO - Nelly Miles Part 3

The Invaluable Role of the PIO - Nelly Miles Part 3

07/10/21 • 23 min

How do you keep your law enforcement agency out of a public affairs mess? By being active! Silence is NOT your friend, especially in today's now-now-now society. Crap WILL happen, including officer involved shootings and other imperfect scenarios no matter how many times we send our officers to sensitivity training. The fact is, the public, and especially criminals, don't play by those rules so "what looks awful but's still lawful" things will always happen.
Our job as citizens is to not jump to conclusions based on out-of-context home videos and social media narratives. But it's also the PIOs job to get the truth out as fast as possible and not jeopardize the case.
How do law enforcement agencies avoid their cases falling into the trap of fake news? It can happen in an instant, especially with the insatiable demand for instant reports, explanations and answers to questions where there may not be any, the law enforcement Public Affairs Officer (PIO) and Public Affairs Director (for the larger agencies) is critical.
In today's now-now world the delicate balance between the public's right to know and the sensitive and often rapidly evolving details of an investigation are always at odds. Ensuring that balance doesn't fall over the cliff towards one side or the other is the job of the law enforcement agency's PIO or Public Affairs Officer. When the organization consists of multiple offices the executive often has one person to oversee all the PIOs and flow of information, and that is exactly what Nelly Miles does.
And what a job! As if keeping the narrative about a case, conflict or issue on the truth path isn't difficult enough when it's just one agency, imagine it when there is an entire state of agencies involved! Georgia has 800 law enforcement agencies, and Nelly Miles has to know at least a little about each one, a lot if the agency requires the help of the GBI, or Georgia Bureau of Investigation.
In this All Things Crime episode Nelly discusses her role as the PAD, and how difficult it can be when there are no rules for rampant opinions on social media, but her ability to counter any false information is very limited, especially in ongoing investigations. It's a difficult job, but fortunately amazing people like Nelly are willing to step up and do it!
To connect with Nelly you can find her on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nelly-mil...
And Twitter: https://twitter.com/NMilesGBIPIO
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All Things Crime is a new, comprehensive video series that will explore every aspect of crime and the ensuing investigation, one video interview at a time. The host, Jared Bradley, is the President of M-Vac Systems, which is a wet-vacuum based forensic DNA collection system, and has experience traveling the world training all levels of law enforcement and crime lab DNA analysts in using the M-Vac to help solve crime.

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Becoming Our Best Selves Can Overcome Crime

How Do We Operate at Our Best? Be Aligned - In ALL Ways! Dr David Hone Explains How Qigong Works
There's lots of reasons society is so divided and seemingly falling apart. One of those is we, meaning all of us in society, are not aligned and grounded. Our spirits, minds, emotions, bodies and relationships are so out of whack we literally become grumpy, aggressive, spiteful and mean. When enough of us are that way it's a recipe for disaster.
Health comes in many forms. Physical health is just what we see. There's also mental, spiritual, emotional, and other types of health. Amazingly, when all of these are aligned each one works synergistically to enhance and benefit the others. When that happens we are more peaceful, loving, caring and focused outward instead of inward. Society could use more of that don't you think?
In order to get all of these areas aligned we would typically go see a chiropractor, physical therapist, nutritionist and medical doctor for our physical health, a psychologist or psychiatrist for our mental health, etc etc. What if we could get all of that in one visit?
That's what I get when I go see Dr David Hone. He's the founder of Elements of Life Institute in Salmon, Idaho, and to me he's literally a miracle worker. How does he do it? Not really sure and frankly don't care. I just know he does. Both for me and for a number of others who I care deeply about.
What does all of this have to with All Things Crime, a true crime video and podcast? Imagine, if you can, a society that isn't divided but aligned with each other. Imagine citizens of all genders, races, orientations and persuasions getting along because we all feel better and are healthier. That would be a good start wouldn't it?
Maybe then there would be less crime? Maybe we could apply more resources toward solving cases than protecting buildings from being burnt down. Maybe that's not possible and we will never eradicate all the evil men choose to do no matter how much we try, but at least our law enforcement and other first responders can be better equipped to deal with the stress and rigors of working in the environments they do on a regular basis.
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Predators, Prey and Protectors - Which One Are You?

Predators in nature don't hunt the strong. They isolate, divide, wear their prey down and then pounce. And it's not pretty, but it has to happen in nature. It's called the Circle of Life. In many ways it makes the rest of the animal kingdom stronger because the weak, sick and elderly are taken out which means there's more food, room etc for the stronger members who can survive, reproduce etc.
But humans that want to live in a society cannot allow that to happen. We are thinking, rational, compassionate beings (supposedly) who answers to a Higher Being, and we are responsible for our actions. The strongest survive concept has been gone for a really long time and replaced with civilization.
Yet there are still those out there who openly prey on others. Criminals, thugs, despots and others who refuse to be a contributing member of society. What do we do about them?
Honestly there is little we can do. People must change from within, and until they choose to join society they won't and frankly society can't just allow them to roam around and cause damage. That's where law enforcement comes in. It's a concept from the beginning of history so no one should be surprised by that.
Every society establishes rules that the members agree on, and if an individual doesn't agree and follow those rules they will either be punished or expelled. Simple really. Of course they can always choose to leave voluntarily and start their own society, but few do. Most are too lazy, inept or corrupt and just want the rules to not apply to them.
So it has been and continues today. When we first started domesticating animals we found it difficult to have a human watch over the flocks and herds 24/7, so we started training other animals to help us. Introducing the Sheep Dog. Fast, loud, smart and fearless, the sheep dog can protect the herd until help can arrive.
1st responders in general, but especially our Law Enforcement Officers and Military, are our sheep dogs. And like it or not, they are absolutely necessary. Society has gotten too big and diversified to not have them as an integral part of our communities.
Ever thought about how you would do business or live without law enforcement? Do you honestly think you have enough resources to protect yourself, your family and employment without police? If you really think about it I pretty much guarantee you don't.
If you disagree I would love to hear where you think I am wrong! Please comment below!
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