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Media Relations

Recommendations related to media relations

4 recommendations 100% accepted

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Government Response

Accepted (4)

Recommendations in This Theme

recommendation across 2 inquiries

Across 2 inquiries

Daniel Morgan Panel Leveson Inquiry

Tagged Recommendations

4 total

DM-8 Accepted Daniel Morgan Panel

Guidance on disclosing material to journalists

Guidance should be issued by the Metropolitan Police to enable officers to determine whether it is appropriate, necessary and lawful to disclose investigative material to journalists. That guidance should include …

Metropolitan Police Serv…

L75 Accepted Leveson Inquiry

Discontinue Off-the-record Term

The term 'off-the-record briefing' should be discontinued. The term 'non-reportable briefing' should be used to cover a background briefing which is not to be reported, and the term 'embargoed briefing' …

- The College of Policing published Authorised Professional Practice (APP) on media relations, which includes guidance on the conduct of briefings and the terms under …

National Police Chiefs C… Police

L76 Accepted Leveson Inquiry

ACPO Media Contact Recording

It should be mandatory for ACPO rank officers to record all of their contact with the media, and for that record to be available publicly for transparency and audit purposes. …

- The College of Policing Authorised Professional Practice on media relations requires chief officers to record contacts with the media and for these records to …

Police National Police Chiefs C…

L77 Accepted Leveson Inquiry

Police Media Contact Rule

The simple rule included within the 'Interim ACPO Guidance for Relationships with the Media' should be adopted as good practice. This is: "Police officers and staff should ask: 'am I …

- The College of Policing published Authorised Professional Practice (APP) on media relations which adopted the principle that officers should consider whether there is a …

National Police Chiefs C… Police