Law Enforcement's Roles and Responsibilities in Disaster Situations
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Length: 25 minutes
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This presentation by David C. Martinez, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Weapons of Mass Destruction Coordinator, is a three part tutorial that gives you a brief overview of what defines terrorism and law enforcement's role in domestic and international terrorism.
Target Audience
These learning modules are applicable to all public health, medical, veterinary, pharmacy, emergency management, hospital and other professionals interested in public health preparedness. These modules are created by faculty and guest lecturers at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health.
Educational Objectives
- List the predominant local, state, and federal law enforcement assets involved in disaster management, and describe their structures
- Describe the role and function of local, state, and federal law enforcement officials in responding to natural disasters
- Describe the role and function of local, state, and federal law enforcement officials in responding to technical disasters
- Describe the role and function of local, state, and federal law enforcement officials in responding to disasters involving weapons of mass destruction (WMD)
- Discuss how various law enforcement organizations are and are not coordinated in their response to disasters (both natural and man-made)
- Recommend strategies to improve communication, planning and interagency coordination between local, state, and federal law enforcement organizations
Competencies Addressed
This training addresses selected applied epidemiology, core public health, and public health preparedness and response competencies as noted below. (Please note: The following training does not provide comprehensive or in-depth treatment of specified competencies, it provides basic knowledge of the competencies listed below.)
| Public Health Preparedness & Response Core Competencies |
| 1.3. Facilitate collaboration with internal and external emergency response partners. |
References
Criminal and Epidemiological Investigation Handbook
http://terrorism.spjc.edu/ceih.pdf.pdf
CONPLAN-U.S. Government Interagency Domestic Terrorism Concept of Operations Plan
http://www.fbi.gov/publications/conplan/conplan.pdf
Countering Terrorism: Integration of Practice and Theory
http://www.fbi.gov/publications/counterr/counterrorism.pdf
Terrorism in the United States
http://www.fbi.gov/publications/terror/terror99.pdf
Author and Narrator:
Reviewers:
Jennifer Horney, MPH
The author(s) and reviewer(s) of this training have no personal financial relationships with commercial interests relevant to this presentation to disclose.
Continuing Education Credit:
The UNC Center for Public Health Preparedness offers the following continuing education credit/s on this training. Eligibility for all continuing education credit is determined on an annual basis.
- none
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