The PIO Podcast

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Send us Fan Mail Dionne Waugh has worked in the field of law enforcement public information for nearly 13 years. She joined the City of Boulder (Colorado) in November 2020 as the Public Safety PIO for Boulder Police and Fire.  Prior to that, she worked for the Jefferson County (Colorado) Sheriff’s Office for six years as its Digital Communications Manager. There she managed the agency’s social med...

Send us Fan Mail About Trent Faris - Trent Faris serves as Public Information Officer for the York County Sheriff’s Office, a full service, and nationally accredited law enforcement agency employing approximately 400 full and part-time, sworn, and civilian personnel.  He has held this position for nine years.   Trent is responsible for the daily coordination, circulation, formulating, and dissemin...

Send us Fan Mail Katie is the Social Media + Public Relations Coordinator for the Mountain View Police Department in northern California. Katie specializes in social media management, speaking across the country on social media best practices, crisis communications, and forming positive working relationships between law enforcement and the media. Before joining MVPD, Katie worked as a public safet...

Send us Fan Mail Nelly Miles has been employed with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) for 21 years.  She currently serves as the GBI’s Public Affairs Director, acting as a liaison between the agency and the media/public, coordinating the release of information about GBI services.  Additionally, she serves as the GBI legislative liaison to Georgia's legislature and the Governor's...

Send us Fan Mail A proud and dedicated member of the Albany Police Department in upstate New York. With over 17-years of law enforcement experience, I am honored to serve as the department's public information officer. In addition to my duties at the police department, I am a proud member of the Public Relations Society of America’s Capital Region Chapter's board of directors, Chairman o...

Send us Fan Mail 25 year veteran of the fire service and experienced public information officer. Firefighter supervisor with a municipal fire agency. Supervise a crew of firefighters with emergency response and day to day business. Make command decisions as needed during emergency incidents to protect life and property and to stabilize the situation. Public information experience includes working...

Send us Fan Mail With more than 30 years of experience, Judy Pal has served in management and public relations positions for public safety, government, and the professional sports and entertainment industry in both Canada and the United States. She has been teaching media and public relations skills and serving in executive staff positions with law enforcement for more than a decade. She has exten...

Send us Fan Mail Amanda Hunter was promoted to Public Information Manager at the Pasco Sheriff’s Office in Sept. 2020. In this role, she oversees the media relations and social media arms for the agency, with a daily focus on strategic communication, branding, and marketing. She began her career with PSO in Dec. 2018 as a Community Engagement Specialist, focusing on promoting the agency through en...

Send us Fan Mail Sarah Boyd - Public Relations Specialist E-Mail    Sarah Boyd has been employed by the Kansas City Police Department for the past 12 years. At the beginning of her career, social media use in policing was uncommon; therefore, she was tasked with developing and building the social media presence of the agency. She has worked with platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Nextdo...

Send us Fan Mail Christopher Cook serves as a lieutenant overseeing the media relations and strategic communications for the Arlington, Texas Police Department. He leads a team focused on internal and external communication initiatives, proactive citizen engagement through digital social media, and strategic public relations. Lt. Cook oversees both sworn and civilian staff which manage all media i...

Send us Fan Mail Trooper Bush is a graduate of Kansas State University.  Tiffany joined the Kansas Highway Patrol in July 2007, where she was stationed in Troop A, the Kansas City Metro.  Tiffany has been an FTO to 5 new troopers. Tiffany coached at the training academy for her 10-year anniversary class.  Tiffany has been an instructor on our Traffic Stop Team where they teach the recruits how to...

Send us Fan Mail Since 2012, Katie Carlson has served as the Public Information Officer for the Marion County Sheriff's Office. Her responsibilities include serving as the primary media contact and managing media relations and social media across all Divisions of the Marion County Sheriff’s Office. In addition to her responsibilities as PIO, Carlson is the project manager in the implementatio...

Send us Fan Mail Capt. Adam Myrick has more than 17 years of media and public relations experience, preceded by nearly a decade in print, radio, and television newsrooms. He became the public information officer, primary spokesperson, and media liaison for the 500 person Lexington County (South Carolina) Sheriff’s Department in 2015. As a member of Sheriff Jay Koon’s executive staff, Adam helms th...

Send us Fan Mail Jordan is the Public Information Officer and a Lieutenant with the Jefferson County Fire Department in Lexington Kentucky Cellular (502) 341-7390 Twitter @PIOYoudis37 Support the show Our premiere sponsor, Social News Desk, has an exclusive offer for PIO Podcast listeners. Head over to socialnewsdesk.com/pio to get three months free when a qualifying agency signs up.

Send us Fan Mail An 18 year veteran of the Indiana State Police and currently the Public Information Officer for the Indianapolis District. A member of the ISP Honor Guard, a firearms and tactics instructor, and an Indiana Safe School Specialist.    Twitter: @ISPIndianapolis Facebook: Sgt. John Perrine – Indiana State Police Indianapolis District Email: JPerrine@isp.in.gov Phone: 317-899-8577 Supp...

Send us Fan Mail Stephanie Slater became the Boynton Beach Police Department’s Public Information Officer in April 2007, following seven years as a newspaper reporter. Slater serves as a strategic communications advisor and community engagement liaison, overseeing the agency’s branding and messaging. She is the agency spokeswoman, working closely with media partners to keep the community informed....

Send us Fan Mail Sarah Gamblin-Luig joined the CEMA in 2010 as a Specialist responsible for public information, community outreach, training, exercise, and general topics emergency management. In 2012, Sarah was promoted to Communications Center Coordinator taking responsibility for all notification and communication equipment and processes for the agency. In addition to those tasks, Sarah has ser...

Send us Fan Mail Award-winning Public Information Officer. Corey Dobridnia is currently employed at the Walton County Sheriff's Office. In a past life, Dobridnia worked as the weekend anchor for WMBB, an ABC Affiliate out of Panama City covering Tyndall Air Force Base, Naval Support Activity Panama City and more. Dobridnia graduated from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University with a bachelor&ap...

Send us Fan Mail Kristie has been with the Elgin Police Department since 1998, serving as the Public Information and Community Outreach Manager since 2018. Prior to this role, she served as the department’s senior analyst where she undertook several initiatives, such as analyzing crimes and trends, writing and securing grants, including the first round of body-worn camera funding released by the B...

Send us Fan Mail Michael Pruitt is a 36 year veteran of the fire service, having served 28 of those as a career firefighter. He started his fire service career full time with the City of Franklin, Indiana Fire Department. After seven years, he was hired as a Firefighter / Paramedic with the Wayne Township Fire Department in Indianapolis, Indiana, where we rose to Captain's rank. During his te...

Send us Fan Mail Ashley McDonald is the Public Information Officer/Programs Coordinator for Rutherford County Government.   She was previously with Murfreesboro Fire Rescue Department for over 12 years and served as Public Information Officer since 2012.   A graduate of Middle Tennessee State University with a bachelor’s degree in Public Relations, McDonald also serves as PIO for the Tennessee Fir...

Send us Fan Mail In today's episode, we interview Rebekah Mena, Deputy Chief of Public Affairs for the District of Columbia's - Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency we will be covering her experiences working in Public Affairs in the nation's capital.  Rebekah's Bio: A passionate and highly motivated communications professional, Rebekah Mena serves as the Deputy Ch...

Send us Fan Mail Today Robert interviews Deputy Chief Chris Hsiung of the Mountain View Police Department.   Chris  Hsiung, Deputy Chief soon to be sworn in as Police Chief, of the Mountain View Police Department. Chris manages the day to day operations and spearheading efforts in leadership development, succession planning, and maintaining the Mountain View Police Department’s role as a progressi...