Throughout the risk assessment process, ideas for action were identified and documented. The documentation of these ideas led to the development of potential action item worksheets which were then selected, prioritized, and refined. Detailed risk assessment information for each hazard is included and located through this document.
Security Teams
Roles and responsibilities for the 150th PA volunteers and Washington Police include:
1) Identify and prioritize critical infrastructure, vulnerabilities, and consequences
2) Maintain critical infrastructure centers (telegraph, bridges, hospitals) that provide a situational awareness capability, actionable information about emerging trends, imminent threats, and the status of any incidents that involve
President Lincoln 3) Provide analysis, expertise, and other technical assistance to critical infrastructure structures to exchange of information and intelligence necessary to strengthen the security and resilience of President Lincoln 4) Support the Secretary of War Seward with their responsibilities to investigate and prosecute threats to and attacks against President Lincoln; Washington Police The city of Washington provides critical sectors that have unique characteristics and risk profiles that have formal knowledge and specialized expertise about the area. By recognizing existing legal the Washington police shall carry out the following roles and responsibilities for their respective sectors: 1) Serve as a interface for the dynamic prioritization and coordination of President Lincolns travel to and from the White House 3) Carry out incident management responsibilities consistent within their authority and other appropriate policies, directives, or regulations; 4) Provide and support armed security at the entrance of the Presidential Box 150th PA Volunteers Responsibilities The 150th PA Volunteer has specialized or support functions related to critical infrastructure security and President Lincoln’s visit to Fords Theater. This shall be carried out by in conjunction with the Washington police force as appropriate: 1) The 150th PA Volunteer in coordination with Secretary of War Seward shall maintain all corridors in and out of Washington city limits. 2 The 150th PA Volunteer shall assist in any investigations and related law enforcement activities the president is directly involved with. The 150th PA Volunteers shall investigate, disrupt, prosecute, and otherwise reduce other threats to, and actual or attempted attacks on, or sabotage of, the president. The 150th PA Volunteers will also conduct collection, analysis, and dissemination of information through telegraph in the event of any incident concerning President Lincoln 3) The 150th PA Volunteers shall provide timely information to the Secretary of War as necessary to support cross-sector analysis and inform the situational awareness capability for the president’s security.
Women police officers face many stressors. Female officers are more likely to encounter disapproval from fellow officers, and also from friends and family for entering police work. On the other hand, the peers, supervisors, and the public questions female officers’ capability to tackle the emotional and physical rigors of the police work, and this is even when research shows women can do so. As such, the need for female officers to prove themselves to the public and the male officers constitutes some major stressor for women officers. In essence, female police officers do suffer quite more from the stress of their jobs than their male colleagues.
Every day law enforcement officials are faced with the possibility of being assaulted or killed while in the line of duty and when off duty. Officers are faced with the harsh reality that today may be their last day alive. This leads to a rush of adrenaline when responding to crimes or when they encounter various situations. Often this rush of adrenaline can cloud an officer’s judgment. Officers are then faced with the possibility of being accused of excessive force. Citizens often call an officers use of excessive force “police brutality” (Petrowski, 2005). Citizen’s opinion of law enforcement has often been linked to the media’s tactics of displaying officers using what appears to be excessive force during an arrest. This typically leads to citizens becoming outraged and creates an issue for the force. The question then arises as to what exactly is excessive force? While many citizens may characterize force as excessive, the law reflects the realities that officer’s face in making decisions to use force (Petrowski, 2005). Each complaint of excessive force has to be examined and a decision made based on the evidence and circumstances surrounding the case. It is the agency’s duty to gain control of police officers use of force in order
The structure of the risk assessment is based on the NIST 800-30 document. The purpose of the risk assessment will state the goal, from which the camper’s viewpoint will be completed, and the importance of completing a risk assessment. The scope will address what will and what will not be analyzed and which location will be the focal point of this risk
Young people and the police have, for many years, experienced a tense and confrontational relationship (Borgquist & Johnson et al., 1995). This has led to a great wealth of literature based upon the notion of police-youth interaction. Much of this literature has tended to focus upon juvenile criminality and the reasons why young people commit such seemingly high levels of crime. Whilst the relationship between young people and the police force has been widely theorised and explained, there is very little literature on juvenile attiudes towards the police. Research that concerns societies attitudes towards the police force tends to focus upon the views and opinions of adults (Hurst and Frank, 2000). In this first section of my literature review I am going to focus upon work that allows us to gain a deeper understanding of why young people are so important when looking at crime. This section will allow us to comprehend the ways in which, literature suggests, young people view the police. This knowledge will provide a basis for my research in which I look more specifically at youth attitudes towards PCSO’s.
This organization provides police, fire, and medical response services or assistance. Services offered to the public by this organization are clearly defined. Each position in the center has a standard operating procedure (SOP), providing clear instruction on what services are provided to the public and each agency, the Billings Police Department, Yellowstone County Sheriff’s Department, Billings Fire Department, AMR, as well as, the fourteen rural volunteer fire departments in the area. Employees know they are to serve the public, basically anyone that calls into the center. They understand that if someone calls 911, or one of the non-emergency lines, they are going to be offering some type of service, whether that be a law enforcement
From this Community Police Consortium, the BJA put together a report titled Understanding Community Policing, A Framework for Action, which focused on developing a conceptual framework for community policing and assisting agencies in implementing community policing. The basis for this consortium was much more direct than the previous efforts set forth by Presidential Commissions during the 1960’s and 1970’s, and led to what became known as the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS, Title 1 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994). The core components outlined in the BJA report listed the two complementary core components to community policing: community partnership and problem solving. The report further stated that effective community policing depends on positive contact between patrol officers and community members, establishing and maintaining mutual trust as the primary goal of a community partnership, and police and community must join together to encourage and preserve peace and prosperity. While these are just a few of the recommendations listed in the report, there were many more that set forth the framework for community policing, but these were the core components.
What is Use of Force in policing? Use of force is police using force to control a subject who is not willing to obey a command. Force includes pointing firearms, takedowns, and hobbles, striking a person, the use of chemical sprays, and using a minor weapon like taser or bean bag (Stewart, Henning, and Renauer, 2012). Use of force has been used on suspects who are not willing to let a police officer arrest them. Someone who is willing to endanger the lives of the people around them.
The use of force by police officers has been a widely discussed topic over time. Whenever force is used, especially deadly force, it needs to be determined if the force was necessary. There are many cases in history where deadly force was used by police officers in different scenarios. Over the past few years, this has been a major problem in the U.S. and has caused a lot of speculation of the police. Media has also played a big roll in the judgment of deadly force. The media has the ability to influence people’s opinions and make them believe certain things to be true even if they aren’t. There are various charts and guidelines that help determine when use of force is necessary. Most often, use of force depends on the situation and the danger that may be present. Police officers get a lot of heat from the public about using excessive force/deadly force when it is not necessary, however the public may be misinformed in certain cases. It is essential to thoroughly investigate all cases where deadly force is used to ensure that it follows all police guidelines and their handbooks rules of using force. A suspects actions influences the actions police officers
The Police Reform Act 2002 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Amongst the provisions of the Act are the creation of the role of Police Community Support Officers, who have some police powers whilst not being 'sworn' constables, and the ability for chief constables to confer a more limited range of police powers on other (non-sworn) individuals as part of Community Safety Accreditation Schemes. The police reform act of 2002 The police reform act of 2002 introduced for the first time police community support officers. Police community support officers or PCSO’s are a uniformed civilian member of the police support staff.
Uncertainty is the lack of knowledge regarding any hazardous event. Risk assessments have become very important in decision making for emergency managers. Many issues surround lack of data and randomness of natural hazards. All environmental parameters in risk assessment should be analyzed and taken into account.
Police psychology is broadly defined as the application of psychological principles and methods to law enforcement. With the popularity of television shows like Criminal Minds and Law & Order: SVU, the job of a police psychologist has become more well known and even popular. As seen on these shows, a police psychologist can be helpful in profiling a criminal, but they also provide many other services to the members of a police department. Although the development of this field has a long history, police psychology as a separate entity is still relatively recent and growing. This intimate relationship between psychology and law enforcement can be traced back to almost a century ago.[1] It first developed out of a need for a variety of psychological services in the law enforcement field, including screening applicants and counseling during grief and stress situations. In the time that it has been around, it has proved to be a valuable resource for the law enforcement profession.
Criminal profiling, also known as offender profiling, is best understood as a series of investigative techniques used to determine the characteristics of an unknown criminal offender. As explained in the essay question what impact did the reliability of criminal profiling expert testimony have on United States v. Gordon E. Thomas III (2006) in the court system it is not considered reliable. The empirical-based approach reportedly relies upon the application of general psychological principles to empirically examine an offender’s behavior and statistically analyze a large number of cases and crime information all at one time (Turvey, 2012). Evidence found at the scene of a crime, a profiler relates this information to known behaviors and personality
Police live different life’s that differ from the ordinary. Whether you consider it good or bad know that police create a subculture just like any other group whether it being sports teams or just your group of friends. Don’t confuse culture with subculture either. A culture looked at in a big picture is everyone from the place that has the traditions and do the same things. Subcultures are usually made in cultures and are made up of a smaller group of people that you might call friends.
On Tuesday, September 23rd, I had the opportunity to do a ride along with the Takoma Park police department. My ride along was quite interesting. I rode with Officer Carl, a twenty-six-year-old officer who has been with the police department for six months. During the ride along we engaged in so many conversations concerning his work routine, and some the important things to be aware of as a police officer. Officer Carl and I were about the same age group so I felt much comfortable talking to him. Before I went for the ride along I had a different perspective about police work, I thought police work was much amusing and entertaining, but after the ride along with Officer Carl, I have realized that there is much more to police work and it often
Public safety covers a wide variety of people and organizations, but carries one common theme and that is, the public’s safety. This course has broadened my knowledge on the many roles that make the public safety sector go around and the role the public plays in it as well. My thoughts before the course were close minded and to the point. I quickly realized that policing is not as cut and dry as I once portrayed it to be. Society is always changing and adapting, and it is the job of the those in public safety to adapt and change with it. The mindset that I grew up with, in rural Saskatchewan, was the police are good people and you will only need to deal with them if you break the law or see someone break the law. My answers in the module 1 survey reflected my upbringing. My first thought for