Critical Incident Management for Public Safety

Catalog description

Explores public administration within the scope of critical incidents and crisis management. Among the topics to be studied are domestic terrorism and counterterrorism, the roles of the National Incident Management System and the National Response Framework, best practices for first responders and constitutional issues related to the execution of first responder duties. Will study the use of specially trained and equipped units such as SWAT teams, and the role of community policing and community partnerships in responding to crises, whether manmade or natural. Credit cannot be earned in GJ 556 and CJ 556. Offered: On Rotation.