Blue Line, The Podcast: Helen Escott, RCMP Newfoundland & Labrador’s first communications strategist

In this episode of Blue Line, The Podcast, we catch Helen C. Escott from her home in St. John's, N.L. Helen created the RCMP’s Media Relations/Communications Unit in Newfoundland and Labrador in 1998. She became the first female senior communications strategist and media relations spokesperson for the RCMP in that province.She was the communications lead on high-profile events, including the RCMP’s Newfoundland and Labrador response on 9/11.“It was a very frightening time,” Escott shares. “People didn’t know what it was... Was it the beginning of World War III?She says she’d never seen the subsequent chain of command in motion before. Within seconds her voicemail was full and she had to bring someone in to answer the phones.“When I look back at it, I’ve just never seen anything like it.”