North Texas police chief's 'Cook' book outlines best media practices for police transparency

For years, White Settlement Police Chief Christopher Cook was the public information officer in Arlington's police department.His practice has been that the media is not the enemy but a bridge for law enforcement to the community it serves. Now, he's teaching that to police chiefs across the state of Texas through his new book.The Department of Justice asked Cook to come up with a guidebook for police following his congressional testimony after the George Floyd controversy in 2020.

As chiefs sat in class this week, Cook says the number one topic from North Texas police chiefs has been police chases.Police pursuits can be dramatic and also dangerous. Policies vary from department to department and can sometimes have bad endings with innocent people being hurt or killed.Cook says whether the facts or good, bad or ugly, "you have to get in front of it.

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