Policing and Media Charter

When emergency services step back from the conversation, social media doesn’t wait to fill the space. The new Policing and Media Charter sets out a more open approach, writes Dee Cowburn, arguing it could help rebuild trust and improve how information flows in fast-moving incidents.

Police chiefs and media organisations have published a Charter that resets the relationship between them, laying the foundation for conversations and engagement that is based on mutual respect, courtesy and cooperation.