Marketing Public Services
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Although not commonly recognised, police authorities frequently use marketing techniques to improve the service they deliver to their publics. This includes market research to assess service satisfaction and confidence levels, research to assess public views of the uptake of body cameras, use of social media to solve crime, finding missing persons and improving local community relations, and all forms of advertising to send messages to the general public – from contacting the police with information, to providing warning messages about...