Leading From the Front: Weapons of Mass Destruction Awareness for the Law Enforcement Executive

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Leading From the Front Weapons of Mass
Destruction Awareness for the Law Enforcement
Executive

• ODP Training Catalog Number MSU ARW 170
• School of Criminal Justice, Michigan State
  University

August 19, 2005
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Course Goal
This course is intended to provide awareness
level training for executive level law
enforcement personnel, relative to
their responsibilities to plan for, deter, and
respond to weapons of mass destruction incidents
in their cities and communities.
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Course Format

• A two-day, 16 hour awareness level training
• program
• Intended for law enforcement personnel at the
• Planning and Management level
• Training is free to registered participants
• The primary emphasis of the course focuses upon
• planning, deterring, and responding to WMD
  events
• from a law enforcement executive's perspective
• Each training iteration is co-hosted by a local
  or state
• law enforcement agency.

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Course Objectives

• Recognize and describe the history and nature of
• the radical, extremist (jihadist) terror
  movement.
• Identify the different types of weapons of mass
• destruction (CBRNE Chemical, Biological,
• Radiological, Nuclear Explosives)
• Identify and articulate the components and
• aspects of the National Strategy for Homeland
• Security

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Course Objectives

• Recognize and describe aspects of the National
• Security Act of 2002, the National Strategy for
• Homeland Security, and Homeland Security
• Presidential Directives 3, 5, and 8
• Identify specific planning, training and
  equipment
• initiatives and articulate the planning roles of
  local, State, and Federal governments
• Demonstrate how to enhance private/public
• partnerships and develop community resources

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Course Objectives

• Articulate and demonstrate the threat/risk
• assessment process
• Identify and describe strategies to deter or
• prevent WMD incidents
• Identify sources of intelligence and the
• methodology for gathering, analyzing, and
• disseminating that intelligence

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Course Objectives

• Recognize and describe the concepts of the
• National Incident Management System (using the
• Incident Command System) when applied to the
• complexity of a response to a WMD or critical
• incident
• Articulate attributes of the Homeland Security
  Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) and
  identify and understand the importance of
• participating in WMD training exercises

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Toolkit and Resources

• All participants receive a toolkit consisting of
• A Participant Workbook
• A resource CD-ROM
• A copy of the ODP DVD entitled Emergency
  Response to Terrorism
• A copy of the Michigan State Police DVD entitled
  Seven Signs of Terrorism
• A set of supplemental handouts and brochures

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Dedicated Website

• Participants have access to a dedicated MSU WMD
  Internet Website containing
• Links to additional WMD training, research, and
  information resources
• Corrections/additions to the training program
• Password protected access to the Lessons Learned
  Information System
• Updates on WMD planning issues

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Dedicated Website
Participants may access the Website Resource at
the following link www.cj.msu.edu/outreach/WMD
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Points of Contact
Mike Morrissey Program Manager
517-432-4785 Michael.Morrissey_at_ssc.msu.edu Robyn
Harris Training Coordinator 517-355-0170 nielse3
8_at_msu.edu MSU WMD Websitewww.cj.msu.edu/outrea
ch/wmd/training_info.htm