The Violently Injured Police Officers (V.I.P.O.) Organization, founded by Massachusetts police officers, is a support group for law enforcement officers who have sustained serious, permanent injuries during a violent encounter in the line of duty. We built the website and had our talented graphic designer Erik DiMauro come up with this clean, stoic, but not needlessly […]
Video: ANGEL Initiative on MSNBC
Gloucester ANGEL Initiative Featured on MSNBC from John Guilfoil Public Relations on Vimeo. The Gloucester ANGEL Initiative was featured on August 31 on MSNBC, with a touching video that included a program participant and his mother, as well as Gloucester Police Chief Leonard Campanello.
(Gloucester Police) WWLP: I-Team: Gloucester police helping, not arresting heroin addicts
GLOUCESTER, Mass. (WWLP) – A unique yet controversial program to change the conversation about heroin addiction is underway in Massachusetts.
(Dixon Police) WQUAD: Dixon to offer heroin addicts help with no jail time
The Dixon Police Department and Lee County Sheriff’s Office will soon be offering a new, progressive plan to nip heroin addiction in the bud.
Lawrence Firefighters Foundation Logo
We see a problem all the time with small non-profits. They are doing amazing work, but they have no website, no social media, and no logo, and that stops them from getting the donations and support that they need to be successful. Here is a very simple example of the work that John Guilfoil Public […]
Experience: Bedford Police Launch Holiday Anti-Shoplifting Campaign
The town of Bedford, Mass. has a number of high-end retail stores in multiple shopping centers in town. One of the biggest issues during the holidays? Shoplifting. In order to curb the problem, JGPR worked with Bedford Police to create and launch Operation P.A.C.E. — Proactive Community Enforcement. We also conducted a media campaign around the […]
Experience: Catching a Bank Robber with Social Media
Police Departments are beginning to understand the value of social media not just as a public outreach method but as a true investigative tool. We saw that on August 11, 2014, when a man walked into a Bank of America branch in Bedford, Massachusetts, claimed to have a gun, and demanded money. The bank immediately […]
An app that detects potholes
Working with Boston’s Public Works Department and the Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics, we were able to generate positive media placement for an amazing new mobile phone app that automatically detects potholes in the roadway and reports the location back to the city. The app is called Street Bump. The app generated a lot […]
Our First Client: Arlington Bank Robbery and Officer-Involved Shooting
This is a case study in the importance of a detached, civilian public information officer. Even a well-organized department like Arlington, which has a Captain assigned to PIO duties, understands the need. What do you do when your PIO is also the OIC at a crime scene? He or she can’t just leave the scene […]
Experience: 2013 Boston Marathon
I hadn’t written these thoughts down until now. It’s not something I ever wanted to experience. A terrorist attack. But there I was, standing in front of The Tannery with my fiancee on April 15. A bomb went off to my right. Before I knew what had happened, a bomb went off to my left. We […]