The Queensland Police Service ( Gre ) Incident Command System ( Ics )

As a new recruit working in a public service you have been asked to investigate the response to emergency service incidents.

As stated earlier, the 9/11 attacks revealed the indomitable spirit of the US and awakened a sleeping giant, which was very reminiscent of the US response following the attacks by the Japanese on US forces in Hawaii. Both 9/11 and Pearl Harbor attacks galvanized the American people into action and caused the government to heavily invest resources to combat enemies of the US; the Axis enemies during World War II and “the terrorists”, wherever they may be located, following 9/11. One of the first NIST deficiencies to be corrected were the operational protocols for intra- and inter-agency communication. This, in part, has been addressed in the Incident Command System (ICS) since the purpose of ICS is to integrate operations between public safety entities at all levels of government.

The Chief of Police will oversee funding, budgeting, hiring, and the final departmental authority in all matters of policy, operations and discipline. The following in command will be the Deputy Chief. The Deputy Chief will strictly be responsible for all divisions and operations within the department. The Deputy Chief will delegate all tasks to the Police Captain. The current system has both Chief and Deputy Chief working together with the above duties. I believe with the Chief only having to focus on the administrational portion and the Deputy Chief with the operational side more attention to details will be given. The following in command will be the Captain. The Captain will be overseeing and delegating the divisional and operational side. The Captain will be supervising 2 Lieutenants which one will oversee Patrol (Divisional) and the other Lieutenant will oversee the General Investigative Unit and Administrative Sergeant (Operational). Currently the entire operational side is being overseen by the Lieutenant and the Captain oversees the General Investigative Unit. With 2 Lieutenants

On arrival at the scene, the sergeant (Z105) would be considering how he is going to contain the incident. The supervisor would assume the role of the PFC, announce to crews that he is the incident commander, PFC, by radio (OPM, s.1.12.3). The sergeant would relay by police radio the following; “I am Sergeant Nick Donald registered number 20813 and I am the incident commander. My callsign is Z105. The situation is this. A collision has occurred between a truck and a train at the level crossing on the Bruce Highway, Cardwell. The mission is to isolate and contain the incident to prevent escalation and ensure assistance is provided to the injured. Inner and outer cordons will be established. Standby, positions and tasking’s are to follow”.

In 1998, the National Incident-Base Reporting System (NIBRS) was created. The NIBRS is a reporting system that collects data on every crime in further detail than the Uniform Crime Reporting Program (UCR Program). The NIBRS shows information about place of occurrence, weapon used, type and value of property damaged, and relationships between the perpetrator and victim. The UCR Program shows information of the summaries of crimes. Many thing that these programs are separate but the NIBRS is underlying of the UCR Program. These two systems differ from the National Crime Victimization Survey because with this surveys are mailed to households which allow more exposure to unreported

“The National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) represents a redesign of the FBI’s summary crime reporting system, the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) program.”(Levitt, 1998). It is an incident-based reporting system in which agencies collect qualitative and quantitative data on each single crime that is committed and arrest that is made. Data that is reported to the NIBRS can come from various sources such as local, state, and federal automated records systems. It was established in late 1970s due to a large part of law enforcement agencies continuing to express growing dissatisfaction with the narrow scope of information detailed in the UCR.

In 1999, about 27% of the law enforcement agencies who were serving at least 50,000 persons were operating an early warning system while another 12% were planning to establish one in the coming days. On the other side, studies noted that there was a high likelihood that there an early warning systems in large agencies than the small ones in terms of sizes. The importance of the early warning systems was noted on the need of the agencies with 1,000 and above officers’ need to establish one within their establishment. There are various phases to the early warning systems. These includes selection, intervention, and post-intervention monitoring. The following sections discussed these basic phases (Walker, Alpert,

Policing and the way they operate are truly similar as if they are hand in hand with one another. In order for operations to run smoothly and the department to be functioning as one there has to be proper training and care from the supervisors, administrators and from everyone who works together to understand that they’re a team. Everyone in the police department has to work together instead of against one another just to make sure everyone is doing their jobs by the books with no room for errors.

I see the utility for its intended audience, as well as for a casual reader, curious about emergency response for incidents which occur on or near college campuses. The format of the article allowed me as novice to the National Incident Management System to stay engaged and grasp the concept. There are only there main sections to this article, “Understanding NIMS”, “Becoming Compliant” and the “Conclusion”. The two sub-sections of this Understanding NIMS section manage to provide an overview that helps the reader to understand NIMS in just seven short paragraphs. The Illinois Criminal Justice Authority report offers a brief glimpse of history about campuses incidents, without going into great detail, to spark the interest of the

Incident Command System is a standardized on-scene incident management concept designed specifically to allow responders to provide a span of control through an integrated organizational structure equal to the complexity and demands of any single incident or multiple incidents without being

I spent my third and fourth session of my practicum with Constable Dwayne Harrison and Constable Paul Davis. Both members of the Lethbridge Regional Police Service (LRPS) are in the patrol unit; responding to calls and investigating. Patrol work is broad, responding to calls that mostly consist of theft, mischief, and domestic. It defines the police as a public service and making the public happy to have someone to solve their problems.

As the Disaster Coordinator for the city I am responsible for ensuring the public safety and welfare of the citizens within the city's jurisdiction. This requires me to have a full understanding on my role and responsibilities for managing disaster response and employing resources in order to save lives, protect property, the environment. Additionally I’m tasked to preserve the less tangible but equally important social, economic and political structures. My first reaction was to alert the regional Joint Terrorism Task Force to prepare them for possible activation. Next it is vital to gain situational awareness and develop a Common Operating Picture (COP). This COP is the who, what, where, when and how as it relates to the incident. Situational awareness starts at the incident site and includes continuous monitoring of reporting channels to gain

An Incident Action Plan [IAP] is defined as “an oral or written plan containing general objectives reflecting the overall strategy for managing an incident” (Maniscalco & Christen, 2011). Additionally it is a crucial part of the Incident Command System [ICS].

unit’s assigned mission while caring for personnel and property in their charge. A simple and direct chain of command

In Queensland there are specific procedures that the police have to follow in order to bring about a criminal charge. These procedures are specifically designed to ensure the safety of a police officer, help the officer to document the arrest and to keep some officer’s from making a legal mistake. Tangible evidence is required for the police to make an arrest, they aren’t allowed to arrest someone just because they feel like it.