Welcome to episode #056 of The Crisis Intelligence Podcast, with Melissa Agnes and Daniel Linskey I recently had the honor of sitting down with Daniel Linskey, former Superintendent in Chief of the Boston Police Department, to record an episode of the Crisis Intelligence Podcast. Dan was the incident commander during the Boston Marathon Bombing. Within […]
Tips for Helping Law Enforcement Position Itself as the Source of Trust and Credibility in a Crisis
Within the first 3 hours from the time the bombs went off in the 2013 Boston Marathon Bombings, there were reported to be over 500,000 tweets with the hashtag #bostonmarathon alone. That’s half a million tweets containing this one hashtag. This doesn’t account for any other tweets using different hashtags, tweets that didn’t use any […]
Working With Your Community in a Crisis: How Officials of The Boston Marathon Bombing Did It Right
Patrice Cloutier recently wrote an excellent piece for this blog, evaluating how law enforcement and public safety agencies need to utilize social media both pre and in times of a crisis. To add to the excellent comments and insights that Patrice so kindly contributed, the Boston Marathon Bombing is an excellent example of how society […]
