Cop Talk Receives Awards in 2008

Cop Talk, the Arvada Police Department’s monthly television program airing on KATV Channel 8, received two national awards celebrating the outstanding production of this long-running show.

Hermes

Cop Talk received a first place honor from the 2008 Hermes Creative Awards for coverage of the Jefferson County Regional Academy.  KATV videographers followed a group of Arvada police recruits from the first day of orientation in January to graduation in April. The series featured recruits in the classroom, at the shooting range, and training with Tasers and other police equipment.  The international competition was judged by marketing and communication professionals.  In Greek mythology, Hermes is the Olympian god of orators and wit, or literature and poets.

National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors (NATOA)

Cop Talk was once again honored by NATOA for outstanding production. Two segments received third place awards.  The first was for Emily’s Run, which profiled the Jefferson County Regional S.W.A.T. Team as it honored Emily Keyes, the teenager killed in the shooting at Platte Canyon High School in September of 2006.  The second featured a ride-along with Arvada police officers during a summer DUI enforcement event.  You can catch Cop Talk on KATV Channel 8 throughout the week (click the KATV button on www.arvada.org for a schedule) or you can watch dozens of segments posted on the Arvada Police Department web site at www.arvadapd.org.

Cop Talk has aired on KATV, Arvada’s local government access channel, since 1995.