1) What challenges do law enforcement agencies face fully implementing the ICS?
The Incident Command system is the system that was created from the Department of Homeland Security for Emergency Management. This system states the tree and branches of the command system during an incident and their roles and responsibilities. It fits and flexes with any type of incident, no matter how small or large it is. Obviously, the larger the incident, the more complicated the ICS can become.
The top “leader” of the Incident Command System is the Incident Commander; this person (or persons) is chosen by the type of incident and those who are higher qualified. Underneath the Incident Commander are the Public Information, Safety, and Liaison officers. …show more content…
146). One of the biggest issues that law enforcement agents face when they are implementing ICS is the administrative aspects. Under this system, law enforcement agencies will need officers (at least one, possibly more) in each of these sections beyond operations and administration (something that they’re not used to).
Another major challenge for law enforcement agencies face for fully implementing ICS is that they have their routines, their ways, and their habits. Being stuck in this mindset, some law enforcement agencies are very reluctant in changing their ways towards the ICS framework. Examples of such excuses to continue pushing ICS to the side are that “...that the required classes are too long, the system will not be put to use, or the forms are confusing...” (Phibbs, R., & Snawder, 2014). These excuses, for example, are easily proven wrong and/or can be remediated due the ICS being a …show more content…
Crime is not any different is this aspect. Back in the day, law enforcement took each act of crime as an individual crime. In other words, they did not connect the dots to other crimes. Because of this, no patterns could be recorded and observed. This led to the impediment of the decision making process.
In the early 1990’s things were changed, due the lack thereof or aged data that was collected from crimes; this is when the CompStat was created and implemented. At the beginning of this process, New York Police chiefs were held accountable for gathering these statistics (on every crime, officer, etc), presenting them, and their progress in solving the issues that arose. After this “case study”, they found out that this process gathered a lot of data that improved local law enforcement decisions.
Nowadays, CompStat assists in “...collect[ing], analyz[ing], map[ping], and review[ing] crime data and other police performance measures on a regular basis; create best-practice strategies to address identified issues and implement these strategies in real time; hold [everyone] accountable...and consistently reviews and repeats the process...” (Godown, 2009). I do believe that CompStat is an effective tool; as stated prior, there will always be patterns. A great example for CompStat is linking terrorism and criminal activities. Terrorists just don’t haul off and attack; more than likely, they participate in criminal
The Incident Command system is the system that was created from the Department of Homeland Security for Emergency Management. This system states the tree and branches of the command system during an incident and their roles and responsibilities. It fits and flexes with any type of incident, no matter how small or large it is. Obviously, the larger the incident, the more complicated the ICS can become.
The top “leader” of the Incident Command System is the Incident Commander; this person (or persons) is chosen by the type of incident and those who are higher qualified. Underneath the Incident Commander are the Public Information, Safety, and Liaison officers. …show more content…
146). One of the biggest issues that law enforcement agents face when they are implementing ICS is the administrative aspects. Under this system, law enforcement agencies will need officers (at least one, possibly more) in each of these sections beyond operations and administration (something that they’re not used to).
Another major challenge for law enforcement agencies face for fully implementing ICS is that they have their routines, their ways, and their habits. Being stuck in this mindset, some law enforcement agencies are very reluctant in changing their ways towards the ICS framework. Examples of such excuses to continue pushing ICS to the side are that “...that the required classes are too long, the system will not be put to use, or the forms are confusing...” (Phibbs, R., & Snawder, 2014). These excuses, for example, are easily proven wrong and/or can be remediated due the ICS being a …show more content…
Crime is not any different is this aspect. Back in the day, law enforcement took each act of crime as an individual crime. In other words, they did not connect the dots to other crimes. Because of this, no patterns could be recorded and observed. This led to the impediment of the decision making process.
In the early 1990’s things were changed, due the lack thereof or aged data that was collected from crimes; this is when the CompStat was created and implemented. At the beginning of this process, New York Police chiefs were held accountable for gathering these statistics (on every crime, officer, etc), presenting them, and their progress in solving the issues that arose. After this “case study”, they found out that this process gathered a lot of data that improved local law enforcement decisions.
Nowadays, CompStat assists in “...collect[ing], analyz[ing], map[ping], and review[ing] crime data and other police performance measures on a regular basis; create best-practice strategies to address identified issues and implement these strategies in real time; hold [everyone] accountable...and consistently reviews and repeats the process...” (Godown, 2009). I do believe that CompStat is an effective tool; as stated prior, there will always be patterns. A great example for CompStat is linking terrorism and criminal activities. Terrorists just don’t haul off and attack; more than likely, they participate in criminal