PHYS1 Rasmussen College Mod 5 Responding to Mass Casualty Attacks Paper

Module 05 Discussion – Preventing and Responding to Mass Casualty Attacks

1. first initial post: please use apa format, incite qoutes with references: What steps can law enforcement take to prevent and respond to mass
casualty attacks in the United States? Should law enforcement be
proactive or reactive when it comes to such threats?

Law enforcement is challenged by mass casualty events due to the size,
scope and intensity of such incidents. Responses and proactive
strategies will depend on how the cause of the casualty is defined.
Generally, major accidents are not a part of police preventative
measures but that of other companion agencies. Certainly, as first
responders law enforcement is prepared to assist and control the site of
a mass casualty event and to investigate the cause. At times,
intelligence-led policing will assist in preparing for potential
criminal or terrorist attacks along with cooperative relationships with
local, state and federal authorities and intelligence agencies.

In your discussion, respond to the following questions.

1. What strategies and actions should law enforcement pursue in the prevention of criminal and terrorist mass casualty incidents?
2. What actions should law enforcement pursue in the response to mass
   casualty events in the case of a criminal act and the case of a
   terrorist act?
3. On balance, what is your opinion on which is more important: law
   enforcement being proactive or reactive as they relate to crime and
   terrorism?

Please make your initial post by midweek, and respond to at least one
other student’s post by the end of the week. Please check the for
specific due dates.

Respond to this students post* be detailed with response

1. What
   strategies and actions should law enforcement pursue in the prevention
   of criminal and terrorist mass casualty incidents? I would say one area
   that LE could do to help prevent incidents is being more involved in
   programs with youth. “Violent
   extremist groups are also diversifying their recruitment pool, reaching
   out to women and older and younger generations who are not yet as
   closely watched by security agencies. Terrorists have already started
   recruiting children in their pre-teens—a trend that is likely to
   accelerate—and women are increasingly found in high-profile roles as
   supporters, mobilizers, and members of terrorist groups.” Not only
   getting involved in the youth, but also getting involved with the
   parents, teachers, coaches, peer leaders. Kids look up to these people
   and are influence in their lives. We need to protect the next generation
   from being exploited by these groups.
2. What
   actions should law enforcement pursue in the response to mass casualty
   events in the case of a criminal act and the case of a terrorist act? The
   main action for law enforcement to take at a mass casualty event is for
   them to show up and hopefully neutralize the threat, make the scene
   safe, attend to the victims. In the event that a single person is
   responsible, such as the Las Vegas shooter recently, law enforcement
   needs to work to neutralize the threat to the public. Their second job
   would be to work on securing the scene and finally, tending to victims
   of the event.

1. On
   balance, what is your opinion on which is more important: law
   enforcement being proactive or reactive as they relate to crime and
   terrorism? My
   opinion is to be proactive. In Law Enforcement, as cops we can all
   relate to Gordon Graham’s training and his saying, “if it’s predictable,
   it’s preventable.” Essentially, he is saying that most crimes and
   events are preventable, if the right people are paying attention. While
   it is probably not possible to predict and prevent all mass casualty
   events, it is reasonable to believe that some can be prevented.

Module 05 Discussion – Preparing for Criminal and Terrorist Mass Casualty Incidents

second initial post:

Across all jurisdictions (at the federal, state and local levels),
there is a clear need for cooperation from citizens in communities in
every part of the country. Many times citizens do not have the
information required to prepare themselves to help respond and prevent
mass casualty events.

How could the United States better prepare for criminal and terrorist
Mass Casualty Incidents? How could you as an individual better prepare
yourself?

What strategies and programs can be initiated, by law enforcement to
engage individual citizens and communities in the prevention and
response to criminal and terrorist mass casualty incidents?

Please make your initial post by midweek, and respond to at least one
other student’s post by the end of the week. Please check the for
specific due dates.

RESPOND TO THIS PEER POST:

Better
preparing for a critical incident at huge event or popular locations.
Its like hospitals and schools, they prepare for incidents so that way
things go “smoothly” when they day comes. Also give better awareness to
the public about watching their surroundings and things that they can do
when a mass casualty happens. Try to get people to think about what
could happen and not to get complacent.

Well one thing I do is I usually carry my off duty weapon when I go
out. If I don’t carry, then my husband is carrying. My son is only 1.5yr
old but when he is older we plan on teaching and going over with him,
if anything bad happens he will need to do this this and this. Another
thing is to not become complacent. Even in our jobs as police we tend to
get complacent and it takes a brother or sister in blue to kinda shake
you back to reality.

Some
things that can help prevent is training. Like doing active shooter
events, where teachers are role players in these events. Big event
centers having the employees and security guards to training based
scenarios. Those big trainings all the way down to neighborhood watch
programs, where citizens are the eyes of the neighborhood. People that
lives in those areas, know what is normal and what is not.

https://www.redcross.org/get-help/how-to-prepare-for-emergencies/types-of-emergencies/terrorism.html