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  1. Challenges inherent in providing ethical leadership in a police agency.
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Aligning one’s actions with one’s words.
Combating bias-based policing.
Preventing misuse of force.
Eradicating police misconduct.

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  1. They must demonstrate all these competencies while also fulfilling the distinct role of public safety officer.
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Police leaders

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  1. They must always remember that just one instance of unethical behavior can destroy a person’s trustworthiness and reputation.
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Police leaders

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  1. Demonstrate specific actions, behaviors, and personal qualities, including trustworthiness, commitment to the agency’s mission, courage, compassion, and accountability for outcomes.
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Administrators and managers who function as ethical leaders

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  1. Practices that incorporate prejudicial judgments that are inappropriately applied.
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Bias based policing

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  1. Bias based policing includes practices by …
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Individual officers, supervisors, managerial practices, and departmental programs.

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  1. Bias based policing incorporates prejudicial judgments based on…
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Gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, economic status, Religious beliefs, or age.

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  1. Is a key concern for Police agencies.
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Racial profiling

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  1. An agency’s specific policies and procedures are known as…
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General orders, special orders, and rules and regulations.

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  1. The best and most proven way to prevent misconduct.
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Thorough training at the beginning of an officers career and ongoing mentoring and in-service training.

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  1. To identify symptoms of chronic stress or burn out which may lead to misconduct.
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Mentors and trainers should monitor officers throughout their careers.

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  1. Before deciding whether behavior qualifies as misconduct and how severe the infraction most agencies prefer to…
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examine each incident in its context.

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  1. An agency avoids embarrassing and costly lawsuits by…
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preventing misconduct.

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  1. Offenses which constituted only about half of arrest related deaths.
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Violent offenses.

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  1. From 2003 to 2005 property offenses, drug offenses, public order offenses, and no criminal charges intended accounted for what percentage of arrest related deaths?
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40%

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  1. The increasing number of arrest related deaths correlate to…
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Tasers and other conducted energy devices.

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  1. The number of Taser or CED involved deaths escalated from…
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(3) in 2003 to (24) in 2005.

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  1. Police agencies must be ever cognizant that (__) related deaths involving (__ __) are on the rise.
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(arrest) (law enforcement)

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  1. Is essential for addressing and possibly preventing arrest related deaths.
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Credible and documented training in the use of both armed and unarmed use of force techniques.

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  1. Congress amended Civil Rights Act of 1871, which allows victims of alleged abuse to…
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file lawsuits against the police agencies and individual officers responsible.

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  1. Along with the realization that police conduct had to change regarding use of force, the U.S. Congress…
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passed and subsequently amended the civil rights act of 1871.

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  1. All of these come into question in wrongful death lawsuits.
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Agency training, supervision, policies, officer actions, and officer assignments.

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  1. Accounts for 54.7% of the total number of deaths for all causes.
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Homicide by law enforcement.

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  1. To prove they are delivering excellent service police agencies must…
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Continually provide statistical data.

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  1. DHS has developed standardized courses on…
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incident command and management

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  1. DHS has developed discipline and agency SPECIFIC…
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incident management courses

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  1. No police agency can afford to neglect assessing it’s…
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vulnerability to liability lawsuits over arrest-related deaths.

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  1. A particularly crucial preparedness activity.
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Training.

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  1. Adverse opinions about members of a specific group that are formed without sufficient knowledge of those individuals.
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Prejudice

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  1. The most blatant example of bias-based policing today.
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Racial Profiling

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  1. It is an assault on people’s humanity.
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Prejudice

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  1. Experts agree that preventing such bias-based policing (racial profiling) begins and ends with …
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communication between police and citizens.

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  1. It fosters harmony and is the antidote to profiling.
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Familiarity

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  1. The more citizens know about how the police do their jobs, the less likely it is that citizens will formulate…
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misconceptions that distance police from those they serve.

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  1. The more officers interact with citizens, the more they will come to…
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know and appreciate the similarities and differences among them.

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  1. Time when the American public turned it’s attention to the way police officers conducted themselves.
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In the 60s and 70s.

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  1. Should be considered as a viable option in subject resistance situations.
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Less than lethal weapons, such as a Taser device

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  1. In the 60s and 70s, newspapers reported brutality on the part of police when they arrested, detained, or interrogated prisoners, especially if the prisoners were…
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members of minority groups.

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  1. Is strictly governed by Laws, policies, and procedures designed to keep officers and suspects safe.
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Use of force, especially deadly force

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  1. The best way to ensure that an officer does not “Cross the line” regarding use of force.
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Through training from day (1).

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  1. The best alternative for handling potentially dangerous situations.
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Effective tactical communication to reduce conflict.

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  1. Officers may deploy a chemical spray agent to…
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gain compliance.

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  1. Has reduced the number of complaints of misuse of force, biased based policing and other misconduct.
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Training and consistent, continuous mentoring of recruits and less experienced officers.

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  1. Has reduced complaints about misuse of force.
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Aggressive investigations.

Severe punishments.

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  1. Use of Force Continuum: To stop threatening behavior or restrain an individual an officer may use a…
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physical force hand-in-hand technique.

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  1. When agencies confined to their own jurisdiction had to deal with cross jurisdictional crime, they often had to get assistance from..
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private police.

48
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  1. Police agencies can no longer operate in isolated pockets owing to the …
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Terror attacks of 9/11, globalization, and international unrest.

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  1. Manifested as increased flows of people, information, and goods across national borders.
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Globalization.

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  1. To Maintain peaceful and safe communities and achieve homeland security, agencies at all levels and in every region and state in the nation must…
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Share information and Resources.

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  1. The establishment of the US Department of Homeland Security was a major step towards this goal.
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Agencies at all levels, and every region, and state in the nation sharing information and resources.

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  1. Terrorism, natural or human caused disasters, and pandemics, are examples of…
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Domestic or foreign initiated threats or hazards.

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  1. DHS National STRATEGY for Homeland Security three MAJOR goals:
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  1. Prevent terrorists attacks w/in US.
  2. Reduce American vulnerability to terrorism.
  3. Minimize damage/recover from attacks.
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  1. DHS goals include…
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(Increasing awareness of threats to homeland security), (preventing terrorism) (defining/executing strategies to protect the nation, infrastructure, property, and people).

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  1. DHS’s stated VISION.
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Preserve freedom through defense of the homeland.

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  1. Local, county, and state police agencies are required to maintain a heightened state of readiness regarding…
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SPECIFIC threats (bombs in subways, poisons in water supplies, explosives entering the country on container ships coming into ports).

57
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  1. In addition, such agencies must provide their personnel with training in “how to (__) and (__) homeland security-related incidents”.
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(anticipate) (address)

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  1. Four phases of emergency mgmt emphasized by DHS.
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Phase 1 Mitigation
Phase 2 Preparedness
Phase 3 Response
Phase 4 Recovery

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  1. Phase of emerg mgmt where Pub safety agncys assess range of risks, to ID vulnerabilities to terrst attacks/catastrophic events, (hurricanes / earthquakes), then seek to reduce those risks.
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Phase 1 Mitigation

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  1. Phase? Homeland security perspective of risk reduction practices: pass screening at airports, pilots of pvt planes rpt who on board before landing in US.
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Phase 1 Mitigation

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  1. This phase facilitates rapid response.
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Phase 2 Preparedness

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  1. In This phase emerg personnel are regularly trained, tested, and certified to ensure fast and appropriate response to catastrophic events.
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Phase 2 Preparedness

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  1. What highly trained personnel provide when an emergency occurs.
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Rapid response

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  1. In this phase personnel respond based on training, and scope of the emergency: (1-preserve human life), (2-attend dead-respectful manner), (3-address prop considerations).
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Phase 3 Response

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  1. Phase 3 response: at the scene, responders should function as “(__) and (__) leaders” who bring (__) to chaos and comfort to the (__) and (__).
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(calm) (capable) (order) (confused) (injured)

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  1. DHS was created in response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and dedicated to encouraging an (__ __) to (__ __), especially as it relates to terrorism.
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(interagency approach) (policing strategies)

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  1. In this phase public safety agencies analyze statistical measurements of loss of life, injuries sustained, and the values of property lost.
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Phase 4 recovery.

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  1. Comprehensive natl pub safety STRATEGY designed to prevent maj events and foster effective responses to events that do occur.
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Homeland security

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  1. This phase comes in the aftermath of an emergency and entails a return to conditions that prevailed before the event.
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Phase 4 recovery.

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  1. This phase helps ensure medical attn will reach people quickly and criminal perpetrators of emerg events will be identified/apprehended swiftly.
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Phase 2 prepardness

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  1. Powerful tools public safety agencies use for communicating and working together.
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(NIMS)-Natl Incident Mgmt Sys.

(SEMS)-Standardized Emerg Mgmt Sys.

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  1. Provides a way for pub safety agencies to develop policies/processes for wkg together to prevent/manage emergencies.
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NIMS

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  1. Operational protocols, PROCs, and stds are developed by SOHS and administered thru AGCYs at various levels of govt.
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NIMS

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  1. NIMS’ aim is to bring together (__) practices for addressing (__) incidents and (__) those practices into a (__) that public and private organizations can use to address (__ __).
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(best) (critical) (incorporate)

framework) (emergency situations

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  1. Nationwide program by which pub safety agencies develop policies and processes for collectively preventing and managing emergencies.
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NIMS

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  1. NIMS key components:
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Cmnd/mgmt structs. Comms/info mgmt. Prepdns activities. Spprtg technolgies.
Resource mgmt. Ongoing mgmt/maint.

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  1. Nationwide prog by which pub safety agcys develop policies and processes for collectively (preventing and managing) emergencies.
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NIMS

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  1. ICS consists of oper procedures as well as responders from…
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fire depts, police AGCYs, emerg med tms, govts, and Red Cross (all orgs inv in various phases of the incid).

79
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  1. Provides a way for pub safety agencies to develop policies/processes for wkg together to prevent/manage emergencies.
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(NIMS)-Natl Incident Mgmt Sys.

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  1. These systems define how organizations cooperate and work together to provide comprehensive and productive service delivery.
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Multi-Agency Coordination Systems

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  1. Processes, procedures, systems for communicating timely/accurate info to the pub during a crisis or emerg sit.
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Public Information Systems

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  1. Public Information Systems provides for a PIO, who communicates directly with the …
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  • print and electronic media

- operational ldrshp of the ICS

83
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  1. These activities are instituted before an incident and include deciding how an agency will use personnel, equip, and other resources during an incident.
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Preparedness Activities

84
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  1. Multi-Agency Coordination Systems support incident management for those entities engaged in the incident at the federal, state, local, tribal, and regional levels, by providing…
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organizational structure, operational procedures, and interactive management components through written agreements and other arrangements for assistance at critical incidents.

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  1. Under this component, agncys are expected to forge mutual aid agreements guaranteeing sharing of resources, facilities, svcs, and supp as needed.
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Preparedness Activities

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  1. Under this component, report forms/standardize procedures, agncys can dist to responders during an incid, are examples of standardized forms/documents provided by DHS.
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Preparedness Activities.

87
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  1. Under Preparedness Activities, individuals who successfully complete training receive a…
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personnel qualification certification.

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  1. In this component, NIMS defines requirements including standardized processes/reporting procs that est forms and categorization in order to, over the life cycle of an incid, descr, inv, disp, track, and recover resources.
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Resource Management

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  1. NIMS key component: Indivs who demo that they acquired/can oper and demo equip is compatible with other agencies, receive an …
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Equipment Acquisition and Operations Certification (Preparedness Activities)

90
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  1. Under this component, commo between fire and police, as well as EMS, Red Cross, trans, and housing svcs is critical, therefore commo sys should be compatible/not interfere with one another.
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Communications and Info Mgmt

91
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  1. Effective incident mgmt hinges on this.
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Inter-operable comm processes, procedures, systems to support array of incid mgmt activities across jurisdictions and agcys.

92
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  1. Under this component, Info mgmt guidelines cover topics including how agencies should Collect, analyze, distribute, and share information about the incident.
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Communications and Info Mgmt

93
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  1. The NIMS key component that provides guidelines for agency communications and use of info during an incid.
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Communications and Info Mgmt:

94
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  1. Under the Communications and Info Mgmt component, info about the incident must flow easily and quickly to support the following:
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  1. Agencies/jurisdictions responsible for managing
    and directing the incident.
  2. Persons or systems affected by incident.
  3. Those trying to help bring resolution to incident.
95
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  1. Under the Communications and Info Mgmt component, effective decision-making, direction, and the appropriate implementation of critical resources are driven by…
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vital and timely information management.

96
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  1. NIMS component describes the key technologies and technological systems needed to support and refine NIMS.
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Supporting Technologies

97
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  1. This component identifies activities for evaluating and continuously improving the system.
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Ongoing Management and Maintenance

98
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  1. This component stipulates that video systems used by emerg response personnel in real-time situations must be interoperable w/in and across all involved agencies providing critical response.
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Supporting Technologies

99
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  1. Under this key component, multiagency practical exercises are assessed to determine which tactics need improvement/modification.
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Ongoing Management and Maintenance

100
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  1. Individual states comply with NIMS by developing…
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State-Level Standardized Emerg Mgmt PLANS.

101
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  1. Most states offer emergency management guidelines known as the…
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Standardized Emerg Mgmt SYSTEM (SEMS)

102
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  1. SEMS guidelines aim to ensure that (__-__ __ __ _ _) complies with NIMS guidelines.
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(state-level agencies’ emergency management system)

103
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  1. Information on emergency mgmt for first responders and constituents.
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SEMS guidelines for state plans compliance with NIMS.

104
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  1. Documented procedures for responding to incidents in the field and as an organization.
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SEMS guidelines for state plans compliance with NIMS.

105
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  1. Misc emerg prevention and preparedness info, including plans for responding to winter rainstorms, landslides, earthquakes, and wildfires.
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SEMS guidelines for state plans compliance with NIMS.

106
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  1. Training in how NIMS works.
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SEMS guidelines for state plans compliance with NIMS.

107
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  1. An information mgmt system that supports effective response to critical incidents.
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SEMS guidelines for state plans compliance with NIMS.

108
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  1. Emergency preparedness recommendations for families.
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SEMS guidelines for state plans compliance with NIMS.

109
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  1. NIMS key component: Individuals who can demonstrate they acquired and can operate equipment and demonstrate it is compatible with other agencies, receive an …
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Equipment Acquisition and Operations Certification (Preparedness Activities)

110
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  1. Still relatively new, they are solidly established and still evolving as organizations gain experience applying them to emergencies and homeland security issues.
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NIMS and SEMS

111
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  1. Should define and encourage ethical behavior and adherence to high moral for personnel throughout their agency.
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Police administrators

112
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  1. As the saying goes, “actions speak louder than words,” and whenever a person’s behavior conflicts with that individuals’s statements…
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it is the behavior-not the words-that others notice most.

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