Overview
Catastrophe Preparation and Prevention for Law Enforcement is a multi-media product for Homeland Security designed for law enforcement personnel. This spiral-bound worktext contains a link to an online simulation game called “San Luis Rey” and a CD-ROM containing selected government documents and excerpts from McGraw-Hill reference texts. Instructors can use the wealth of material in the CD-ROM to adjust the length of the course. It can be taught in a single day or two-day course or expanded into a full semester. The worktext guides the student through the material and links the learning experience from the different formats.
The simulation-based program is sponsored by the Office for Domestic Preparedness and Department of Homeland Security to build a common, minimum level of preparedness among the nation’s first responders and related homeland security professions in fulfilling the National Homeland Security Strategy. Its goal is to support the ability of every jurisdiction in the United States to 1) develop capacity in preventing terrorism, 2) demonstrate coherence with a common standard of practice in prevention of terrorism; and 3) ensure that every jurisdiction has a basic ability to recognize crucial links between prevention, response, and recovery.
Online Demo Site
McGraw-Hill Public Safety Website
Table of contents
Orientation
Chapter 1 - Introduction
Catastrophe, Risk Management, and Real Life
Natural, Accidental, and Intentional Threats
Practicing Prevention
Intentional Threats: Challenging our Imagination
Chapter 2 – Recognize Threats
Who and/or What?
Your Local History
Patterns of Terrorist Behavior
Weapons of Catastrophe
Vulnerability
Consequences
Fear as a Threat Amplifier
Chapter Review
Apply What You Have Learned
Chapter 3 – Share Information
Strategic Intelligence vs. Criminal Intelligence
The Intelligence Process
Choose Intelligence Targets
Collecting Data and Information
Organize and Analyze Data and Information
Produce Intelligence Products
Consumer Intelligence Products
Chapter Review
Apply What You Have Learned
Chapter 4 - Collaborate
Defining Collaboration
Collaboration Process
Designing a Collaborative Network
Collaboration and Sharing Information
Collaboration and Identifying Targets
Regional Collaboration
Collaborative Agreements
Chapter Review
Apply What You Have Learned
Chapter 5 – Manage Risk
Current Priorities
Apply a Risk Formula
SARA and RISK Management
Choosing among Risks
Scenario-Based Risk Assessment
A Collaborative Choice
TARA: Four Responses to Risk
Continually Assess Your Choice
Chapter Review
Apply What You Have Learned
Chapter 6 – Decide to Intervene
The Prevention Cube: What and When?
Primary Mode: Protect, Deter, and Preempt
Secondary Mode: Protect, Deter, and Preempt
Tertiary Mode: Protect, Deter, and Preempt
Making an Effective Decision
Planning and Resourcing
Preparing for Catastrophe
Chapter Review
Apply What You Have Learned
Acknowledgments
Works Cited
Appendix – San Luis Rey
General Index