MEDIA AND PUBLIC RELATIONS DIVISION



Media has played a significant role in making the world a global village and reducing the communication gaps amongst the people living in the far areas and media these days has become a competitive sector, eying the news which is hot and good at selling. As there was no control over officers to make statement before media, they made exaggerated statement. Variety in statement created apparent contradiction. On the other hand, apathy to make statement/to provide information was a bar to easy access to information which made media hostile. Developing effective relation with media intends to improve the skill and capacity of the Police officers. Media relation is in no way neglected to influence public perception. Selecting the appropriate media relations activity and knowing how to implement it effectively can make all the difference in the level of success.

 Dealing with media is not an easy task. A good way to develop consensus within the organization is to develop a communication strategy and to build up effective media contacts. Realizing this factuality, CMP has initiated Media and Public Relations Division as a distinct division under the direct command of the Police Commissioner. A Deputy Police Commissioner works as prolocutor of the Commissioner. He is assisted by an Additional Deputy Police Commissioner, an Assistant Police Commissioner and some officers, forces and civil staff. This division predominantly deals with journalists. Record-keeping of electronic and print media, deployment of camera personnel are two other visible sections of this division.

 To inform journalists  Additional Deputy Police Commissioner, Assistant Police Commissioner have to keep updated with current events, programmes and case progress etc. Journalists are informed with various ways. These include- SMS over mobile phone or internet, press release, contact number and  in some cases through fax. Arrangement of Press Briefing is another important task of this division. Journalists get information of Press Briefing via SMS. CMP News is an online web portal of CMP which is run by this division. It is based on crime report, important events, lost & found news of the CMP area. CMP website is updated from this division.

Record of national and international TV channels is kept on the basis of 24/7. Important portion is edited and preserved for internal use and future references. Video and still camera personnel are deployed to collect still and video pictures from different programmes. They are deployed spots of CMP area to collect still and video pictures of criminal activities. They are edited here and preserved for a long time.

 Newspaper-cutting is maintained regularly as a part of Record keeping.