Integrating information technology (IT) into emergency management and public safety agencies involves understanding an organization’s structure, culture, and mindset, making sound investments, facing challenges, and implementing change. Communication at the federal, state, and local levels is improving, but gaps exist between adapting IT solutions and organizational leadership principles.
Peaceful protests can occasionally escalate into civil disobedience or unlawful rioting, with those in and around the gathering exhibiting varying behaviors. By working with law enforcement agencies, public safety planners and responders are better equipped to plan and train for events and effectively respond if conditions change.
In todayâs society, peaceful protests can occasionally escalate into unlawful rioting. The behavior of those involved in a demonstration or public gathering can vary greatly. This behavior includes:Â Peaceful protests, actions, […]
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is prepared for spring break travelers and offers a few travel tips for the most efficient checkpoint experience. The spring break travel season begins around […]
Featured in this issue: Editor Note: Threat Awareness â Actions Now Mitigate Disaster Later by Catherine L. Feinman; Threat Assessment and Management: Practices Across the World by Carl Amritt, Eliot Bradshaw & Alyssa Schulenburg; Trends in Political Violence and Mass Demonstrations by Richard Schoeberl; Protests: Balancing First Amendment Rights and Public Safety by Matthew Loeslie; Winter Storm â Reimagining Recovery Using Support Functions by Jamie Hannan & Stephanie Wright; PACEing a Communications Resilience Plan by Charles J. Guddemi; Building Business Post-Disaster â A Florida Case Study by Mark McQueen; Technological Strategies for Organizational Leadership by Nathan DiPillo; Linking Resilience and Innovation for Emergency Preparedness by Nia DâEmilio & Christopher Tarantino;
Examining the trends in political violence, civil unrest, and mass demonstrations, some law enforcement officers are considering new soft-skill approaches like de-escalation and peer intervention and using multiagency exercises to foster a mutual understanding between the agencies throughout the community.
When preparing for emergencies, the terms resilience and innovation are more than just buzzwords â sometimes, they are a matter of life and death. Since no two events are identical, managing a crisis requires ever-changing solutions to increasingly complex problems. One research project sought to measure these qualities.
Most industries suggest a certain level of resilience and innovation. It is important to get through challenging times to keep a company going, and âinnovate or dieâ has long been […]
Article Out Loud More than 400 worldwide antigovernment protests have taken place since 2017. According to the Global Peace Index (GPI), the incidents of civil unrest have doubled across the globe over […]
Understanding the different facets of tornado preparedness planning helps responders address questions related to these often costly and sometimes deadly incidents. A comprehensive approach for gathering and disseminating information, educating and training response personnel, and creating and updating a strategic plan