Incident Command System Case Study

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Idea from Emergency Incidents There were various emergency incidents occurred at the local, and national, as well as international level. In this, an incident related to the crime in which Joyce Mitchell is accused for providing contraband and charged with aiding two convicted killers in their Shawshank Redemption-style jailbreak can be considered as a serious issue in the communities. Additionally, the case of Joyce Mitchell that has been transferred back near to her old workplace to await trial will be moved from Rensselaer County Jail to the Clinton County Jail in Plattsburgh because of the criminal nature and planning to escape from the jail (Calabrese, 2015). This incident is starting from June 6 when Joyce Mitchell was allegedly planned to help Richard Matt and David Sweat to escape from Clinton Prison in Dannemora. However, Richard Matt was killed by a tactical team of law enforcement officers in Malone, N.Y. on June 26 and Sweat was captured and shot in nearby Constable on June 28. Now, this incident can be considered as an emergency incident at the national level in which Incident Command System (ICS) was used properly. The Incident Command System that was used in this incident is basically termed as a management system. This management system is usually …show more content…

Thus, ICS first identified the key concerns associated with the incident. However, the ICS should have been something other also in the place because of the mankind (Deal, Bettencourt & Deal, 2010). The law enforcement officers should have been managing this incident in the consideration of setting up a peaceful environment and non-violence. A non-violence action can give a chance to the criminal to improve their behavior and nature from criminal mind to an innocent person. Additionally, giving chance to the Joyce Mitchell, it would be probability to bring her in the

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