Singapore (18 July 2010 1100 hrs). Yahoo News today reported that a Lianhe Wanbao photographer was arrested and detained by police for allegedly taking photographs of Saturday morning's flood. In the police statement concerning the photographer's arrest, the police stated that the photographer was arrested for safety reasons as the officer felt that the photographer was in danger and would hurt himself while taking photos. Netizens have expressed outraged over the police officer's decision to detain the photographer for essentially doing his job.
It will be interesting to see if this turns into a crisis. Based on my ongoing research, I think the chance is high as it falls into the category of "abuse of authority".
As for the Singapore Police Force's Crisis Communication plan, they have so far fulfilled 1 of the 5 characteristics of an effective Crisis Communication plan that I have advocated in my research paper i.e. the timely acknowledgement of the incident.
It is interesting to study how the Home Team's PR Department handles this.
It will be interesting to see if this turns into a crisis. Based on my ongoing research, I think the chance is high as it falls into the category of "abuse of authority".
As for the Singapore Police Force's Crisis Communication plan, they have so far fulfilled 1 of the 5 characteristics of an effective Crisis Communication plan that I have advocated in my research paper i.e. the timely acknowledgement of the incident.
It is interesting to study how the Home Team's PR Department handles this.
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