Define emergency-response plans. Discuss law enforcement's role in emergency response plans
What will be an ideal response?
• Emergency-response plans refer to preparations from any agency to deal with natural, accidental, or human-made disasters.
• They involve controlling the incident through an organized response-and-command system and assigning various organizations to supervise the restoration of social order.
• Law enforcement agencies will be called to respond when an attack happens.
• The process for response and recovery involves planning – fire departments, regional disaster teams, the health community, and other agencies have emergency-response plans.
• Law enforcement agencies have roles under these plans – their primary responsibilities are to respond and restore order, assist emergency and rescue operations, and support health and human services.
• They also are charged with investigative and prosecutorial actions.
• With the exception of the last two functions, the procedures are similar when responding to natural disasters, civil disorders, or massive infrastructure failures.
• Response functions are critical and they save lives, but emergency-response planning differs from preventing terrorism.
• Multiple agencies, including police departments, respond to emergencies. Plans and actions designed to stop terrorism involve different skills.
• Gathering information, analyzing it, and sharing findings are part of an intelligence process.
• Law enforcement's primary role is to prevent terrorism and crime, and its secondary purpose is to react to it to save lives.
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