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This 5 page paper discusses the way in which California’s local law enforcement officials respond to emergencies, and what they can do if they decide they need federal assistance. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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an emergency, and who to ask for help if problems escalate beyond the ability of the local level to handle them. This paper considers the problems that might arise if
local law enforcement officials in California have to request aid from the federal government. Discussion The prompt for this paper is to research emergency responses by local California law enforcement
and follow links to the federal government level, and determine what problems might arise in the process. The "Redbook" appears to be the place to start. The formal title is
the Law Enforcement Guide for Emergency Operations; the version that is most readily available is dated 1999. This handbook begins with an explanation of the Standard Emergency Management System
(SEMS), and because it is the basis of all emergency response, including that of law enforcement, well go over it briefly. SEMS is defined as "the emergency management organization required
by California statute, Government Code 8607(a) for emergency response and disaster management in multi-agency and multijurisdiction emergencies" (Ghilarducci and Guerin, 1999). In order to be eligible for any kind of
reimbursement for costs spent on personnel in responding to a disaster, California local governments "must use SEMS in emergency response and disaster management" (Ghilarducci and Guerin, 1999). SEMS incorporates
the following: the "Incident Command System," which is the "field level" response system; the "Multi/Inter-agency Coordination," a term that means agencies at all levels of SEMS working together to make
decisions for "overall emergency response activities, including the sharing of critical resources and the prioritization of incidents"; a number of "Mutual Aid Systems," which are resources and facilities provided by
local governments voluntarily when the impacted jurisdictions are exhausted; the last component is the "Operational Area Concept," a term given to the "management and application of resources of all political
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