The PIO Podcast
The PIO Podcast is a platform for Public Information Officers (PIO's) and Public Affairs Officers (PAO's) in public sector organizations, including Police, Fire, EMS, FEMA, state, local, and federal government organizations. The podcast aims to facilitate learning, growth, and discussion of issues that PIO's/PAO's may encounter within their profession. If you would like to support the podcast and connect with other PIO's/PAO's, please email us at thepiopodcast@gmail.com.
The PIO Podcast
PIO Lauren Reimer, PIO & Sam Salzwedel, Videographer/PIO
Lauren Reimer has been the Public Information Officer for the Pinal County Sheriff's Office since Nov 2019. Pinal County is located between Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona.
Prior to her time as PIO, Lauren spent seven years as a news reporter in various cities, lastly Phoenix, Arizona.
Sam Salzwedel has been the primary video creator and backup PIO for the Pinal County Sheriff's Office in Arizona since 2019. He has a journalism degree from the Walter Cronkite School at Arizona State University. Before joining PCSO, he spent 12 years as a photojournalist and reporter in the television news industry in Tucson, Arizona.
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During their time with PCSO, they have worked to grow the agency's presence on social media and gained nearly 2M cumulative followers. PCSO is now the 2nd most-followed law enforcement agency in the country on Facebook, only behind the FBI.
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