Norwell PoliceNorwell Police

Emergency PlanningEmergency Planning

Two TopicsTwo Topics

School Crisis PlanningSchool Crisis Planning

Emergency Preparedness: The Emergency Preparedness: The Police Departments RolePolice Departments Role

SchoolsSchools

School Crisis Planning is a School Crisis Planning is a collaborative effort involving the collaborative effort involving the School Administration, Police, Fire School Administration, Police, Fire and Communityand Community

Agencies meet throughout the year Agencies meet throughout the year to review and update policies to review and update policies

PlanningPlanning

School Department Crisis and School Department Crisis and

Emergency Manual:Emergency Manual:

-Provides staff district guidelines for -Provides staff district guidelines for the preparation of , working through the preparation of , working through and recovery from a crisis or and recovery from a crisis or emergency eventemergency event

Managing an IncidentManaging an Incident

All Agencies utilize Incident All Agencies utilize Incident Command System (ICS): Command System (ICS):

Nationally recognized organizational Nationally recognized organizational structure that provides for role structure that provides for role assignment and decision making assignment and decision making while planning for and reacting to while planning for and reacting to critical incidents. critical incidents.

Steps TakenSteps Taken

Worked with the School Administration Worked with the School Administration on restricting internal and external on restricting internal and external building access and expanding security building access and expanding security camerascameras

Worked with the School Administration Worked with the School Administration and Fire Department on lockdown drills and Fire Department on lockdown drills

Police presence increased at school and Police presence increased at school and directed patrols at all schools increaseddirected patrols at all schools increased

Steps TakenSteps Taken

All officers annually tour each school All officers annually tour each school for familiarityfor familiarity

Officers have received specialized Officers have received specialized training on tactical entry and training on tactical entry and searching buildingssearching buildings

School Liaison officer increased School Liaison officer increased presencepresence

Steps TakenSteps Taken

Internally reviewing emergency Internally reviewing emergency response plans response plans

Increased police presence in school Increased police presence in school (working in)(working in)

Role of the Police in an Role of the Police in an EmergencyEmergency

Pre-PlanningPre-Planning Internal Staff meetings to evaluate Internal Staff meetings to evaluate

potential impactpotential impact

Cancellation of all time offCancellation of all time off

Adding additional Staff/Staff Adding additional Staff/Staff deploymentdeployment

On call status to our part-time officersOn call status to our part-time officers

Severe Weather EventsSevere Weather EventsOperational Phase Operational Phase

Monitor Operations and respond to Monitor Operations and respond to emergency calls for service emergency calls for service

Evaluate level of calls for service, Evaluate level of calls for service, road closures/traffic planroad closures/traffic plan

Increase staff as neededIncrease staff as needed

EOC ActivationEOC ActivationPolice RolePolice Role

Executive GroupExecutive Group

Presence from beginning to end of Presence from beginning to end of emergencyemergency

-goal is to plan for the future to -goal is to plan for the future to restore fullyrestore fully

Operations run by Deputy ChiefOperations run by Deputy Chief

Full Activation EOCFull Activation EOCPolice ChallengesPolice Challenges

Responding to E911 callsResponding to E911 calls Traffic hazards/road closing/traffic Traffic hazards/road closing/traffic

controlcontrol Evacuation to sheltersEvacuation to shelters Shelter SecurityShelter Security Well being checksWell being checks Business and residential securityBusiness and residential security

Additional ResourcesAdditional Resources

Mutual Aid communitiesMutual Aid communities

Regional Law Enforcement aidRegional Law Enforcement aid

State ResourcesState Resources

Are you Prepared?Are you Prepared?

Have you provided the Police Have you provided the Police Department with updated emergency Department with updated emergency contact information?contact information?

How would you protect your business How would you protect your business from looting? Plans in place?from looting? Plans in place?