Local Law Enforcement

During a crisis situation, it is helpful to know the key personnel in the local law enforcement organization and their commitment to assisting your organization. This is not the time to be exchanging initial introductions (Branch Walton, personal communication, June 23, 1995). 

This plan does not guarantee workplace violence will not occur however, it will better prepare the organization should an event occur. 

This chapter reviewed the occupational epidemic sweeping the United States commonly referred to as workplace violence. It is a problem 

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Report suspected cases of smallpox or suspected intentional release of smallpox to your local health department. The local health department is responsible for notifying the state health department, the FBI, and local law enforcement. The state health department will notify the CDC. 

Ensure that employees are fully aware of the importance of vigilance and the seriousness of breaches in security, and that they make note of unaccompanied strangers on the site and immediately notify designated security officers or local law enforcement agencies. 

Develop close relationships with local law enforcement agencies, and make sure they know where critical assets are located. Request they add your facilities to their routine rounds. 

Monitoring threat information should be a regular part of a security program manager s job, and utility-, facility-, and region-specific threat levels and information should be shared with those responsible for security. As part of security planning, chemical facilities should develop systems to access threat information and procedures that will be followed in the event of increased industry or facility threat levels, and should be prepared to put these procedures in place immediately, so that adjustments are seamless. Involving local law enforcement and FBI is critical. 

The key issue was whether the Constitution allows Congress to enact legislation that forces local law enforcement officials to carry out a federal mandate (in this case, running back ound checks on firearms purchasers). 

The National Firearms Act of 1934 is passed. The law includes a variety of taxes on the manufacture, sale, and transfer of automatic weapons and certain short-barreled weapons, as well as requiring an FBI background check and the consent of local law enforcement officials for any purchase. The law does not apply to handguns. 

Uniform Crime Reports An annual FBI report titled Crime in the United States. It summarizes statistics provided by state and local law enforcement agencies. 

B) Except in the case of forms and contents thereof regarding a purchaser who is prohibited by subsection (g) or (n) of section 922 of this title from receipt of a firearm, the department of State police or State law enforcement agency or local law enforcement agency of the local jurisdiction shall not disclose any such form or the contents thereof to any person or entity, and shall destroy each such form and any record of the contents thereof no more than 20 days from the date such form is received. No later than the date that is 6 months after the effective date of this subparagraph, and at the end of each 6-month period thereafter, the department of State police or State law enforce-... 

The DEA has documented approximately 4,500 federal, state, and local law enforcement investigations involving the distribution or possession of Rohypnol within the United States since 1985. The cases are spread across 38 states. However, at least two-thirds of those cases are in Florida and Texas, according to testimony given before Congress in 1999 by Terrance Woodworth, Deputy Director of the DEA s Office of Diversional Control. Since 1994, at least nine people have been convicted of sexual assault in five state court cases in which there was evidence that Rohypnol was used to incapacitate the victim. The DEA is aware of 17 other sexual assault cases that took place between 1994 to 1998 in which there is evidence to suggest Rohypnol was used. 

Several organizations collect data on juvenile arrests. The Federal Bureau of Investigation s Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) program, established in 1930, compiles crime information from nearly 17,000 state and local law enforcement agencies around the country. The UCR s main objective has been to produce criminal statistics for use in law enforcement. Today its crime index has become a leading public indicator of yearly fluctuations in the level of crime in the United States. 

Despite early passive views on cannabis use in the United States, however, a gradual accumulation of momentum in opposition to marijuana developed after World War I. Much of the antipathy was based on cultural fears relating to cannabis use by Syrians in New York, East Indians in California and, principally, Mexicans in the Southwest. Much of the pressure for federal legislation regulating marijuana arose not from the FBN but from local law enforcement agencies in the South and Southwest who saw it as a link to violent crime presumably committed by Mexican immigrants. 

The National Drug Intelligence Center s 2003 National Drug Threat Survey is a report that draws on information from nearly 2,900 state and local law enforcement agencies as well as from more than 1,000 personal interviews with law enforcement and public health officials. The survey shows that 5.7% of state and local law enforcement agencies nationwide identify Rohypnol availability as high or medium, while 47.4% indicate that availability is low. Another 42.8% of state and local law enforcement agencies nationwide report that Rohypnol is not available at all in their jurisdictions. 

The most dramatic increases in the distribution of Rohypnol in the United States occurred in Florida and Texas during the 1990s. Between 1990 and 1992, there were 14 state and local law enforcement cases involving Rohypnol in Florida. By 1995, that number had risen to 480, an increase of over 3,000%. Prior to 1994, the cases were located almost... 

Exposure to a single PAH compound seldom occurs in situations of relevance to local law enforcement agencies or defense forces. Often, people are exposed to PAHs in combination with other toxicants such as aliphatic hydrocarbons and/or metals (NRC, 2005). Information on toxicity of chemical mixtures, of which PAHs are a constituent, is lacking. Until such studies are undertaken in animal models, it is difficult to establish whether PAHs have an additive or a synergistic effect in determining neurotoxicity. 

Is local law enforcement adequate to handle any anticipated problems ... 

Is local law enforcement sympathetic with owners, unions, etc. ... 

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and state/local law enforcement authorities throughout the United States have noted an alarming trend involving illicit MDMA production. MDMA (Ecstasy) is a major drug problem in the United States. All businesses engaged in the sale of safrole and essential oils rich in safrole, such as, sassafras oil, brown camphor oil or camphor oil 1.070, also referred to as Chinese sassafras oil, should be aware of the use of these products by clandestine MDMA laboratory operators. 

Third parties can be extremely helpful in vetting site assessments and implementation plans. Currently, as site assessments have been set up within the Responsible Care Code, local law enforcement and fire chiefs can look at facility plans. They may be very familiar with the emergency response aspects of a site security plan, but they may not always be the best choice when determining other security strategies or assessing investments. 

If the clinical evaluation and the exposure evaluation reveal a credible threat of anthrax exposure, clinicians must immediately report the case to the local health department and local law enforcement agency. 

If at home, contact your local law enforcement agency If possible, create a list of persons who were in the room or area when this suspicious letter or package was recognized and a list of persons who also may have handled this package or letter. Give the list to both the local pubhc health authorities and law enforcement officials... 

Establish partnerships with local law enforcement officials, emergency responders, and other public safety agencies with jurisdiction over your facility. 

Request a review of your facility and security program by local law enforcement and fire safety officials. 

Report any suspicious incidents or individuals to your local law enforcement officials. 

Notify your local law enforcement officials of suspicious orders. Report any other suspicious incidents or individuals to your local law enforcement officials. 

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