Crime Scene Response to WMD Incidents

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Crime Scene Response to WMD Incidents
Teaser version
Instructor - James B. Crippin Western Forensic
Science Law Enforcement Training Center
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• This presentation is designed to cover the
  difficulties that can be encountered at a crime
  scene involving the use of a Weapon of Mass
  Destruction.

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The following are a few of the topics that will
be covered

• Conducting a Preliminary Evaluation of the Scene
• Exercising Scene Safety
• Administering Lifesaving Efforts
• Establishing Security and Control
• Initiating rescues of severely injured and/or
  trapped victims

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• Why fatalities and their immediate surroundings
  should remain undisturbed
• Incident Command System (ICS)
• Pre-Detonation vs. post-detonation scenes
• Rescue, Recovery Fire Suppression Efforts
• Search Procedures

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• Contamination of evidence
• Controlling scene access
• Personnel safety

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• The following slides are taken from parts of
  the full presentation

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General things to consider

• First Responder Responsibilities
• Use of Incident Command System (ICS)
• Multi-agency Coordination
• Availability of Special Resources
• Jurisdictional Issues
• What am I getting into??
• Types of scenes

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Jurisdictional Issues (cont.)

• On all other situations, the agency having
  jurisdiction over the under lying felony has the
  overall jurisdiction
• Examples
• World Trade Center 1st time (FBI)
• Waco ATF
• Oklahoma City FBI, ATF
• Columbine High School Local agency
• These guidelines are still in effect today

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Scene security issues

• The main concerns of scene security when a device
  or suspicious item is found are to deny entry to
  the scene, establish an evacuation distance ,
  establish a hard perimeter and begin
  evacuations.
• Things to consider
• Time (until detonation)
• Distance (evacuation distances)
• Shielding

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Number of personnel at scene

• Hazardous vs. non-hazardous areas
• There will usually be more people in the
  hazardous areas due to safety issues
• No one should ever be in a hazardous area by
  them-self.
• The absolute minimum should never be less than
  two.

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• The full version of this training program
  encompasses the previously mentioned information
  and more. It will cover the decision trees that
  can be used for WMD incidents. This type of data
  includes evacuation distances, damage assessments
  to both personnel and structures, chemical
  biological decontamination data, etc.

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• This training will qualify for various federal
  grants packages, especially those that are
  targeted for anti-terrorism funds.

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• The cost for this training is on a per person
  basis. This price includes all class materials.
  Please contact WFLETC for current pricing on this
  and our other courses.

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For information about this and other courses
please contact

• James B Crippin
• Western Forensic Science Law Enforcement
  Training Center(719) 544-1011 Phone(719)
  544-0037 Faxwfletc_at_hotmail.com or
  wfletc_at_cripkit.com