Media bias is your biggest enemy. Interaction clouded by bias provides for a "self-fulfilling prophesy." Effective communication is the key to a productive relationship, especially with the media.

During his twelve-years as primary media representative with the Frederick Police Department, Lieutenant Thomas V. Chase (Ret) established healthy and cooperative relationships with representatives from the local, regional, national and international media. By doing so, a message was sent from the first contact that provided for fair and balanced coverage.

Chase Incident Solutions will assist your agency in developing a sound media policy supplemented by comprehensive, effective training.This training will demonstrate how success is achieved through cooperation, even under adversarial circumstances.

Lt. Tom Chase is professional, courteous, accessable and always fair. As a reporter who is always in search of accurate and up-to-date information at a breaking news location, I could always count on Lt. Chase to answer my calls for help when I was enroute to Frederick, Maryland. Once at the scene, Lt. Tom Chase always made himself available regardless of the scene or scenario.

Doug Buchanan
Reporter
WUSA-9 News Now
Washington, DC