Lamson Library: Prof. Warn: Emerging Technology in CJ: Week 8

Week 8: Chemical & Biological Defence; Transportation & Infrastructure Safety

Chemical & Biological Defense:

Technologies are needed that will better help law enforcement identify an attack by terrorists using chemical or biological weapons and survive that attack. In collaboration with the Technical Support Working Group (TSWG), NIJ is also developing a low-cost, wearable personal alarm to alert first responders to the presence of toxic chemical and biological agents—one of the highest priority practitioner needs identified in NIJ’s 1997 nationwide inventory of State and local law enforcement technology needs to combat terrorism.

Transportation & Infrastructure Safety

Severe damage to or destruction of the critical national transportation infrastructures would dramatically affect the defense, economic security, and public welfare of the United States. There are 4 million miles of public roads on which 20 million trucks travel, 100,000 miles of railroad track carrying 1.2 million operating freight cars, and 6,000 transit entities that operate rapid transit rail and bus services.

Office of Justice Programs and the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services. (2001). A resource guide to law enforcement, corrections, and forensic technologies (pp. 1-95) (United States, Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs and Office of Community Oriented Policing Services). Washington, DC: COPS: Community Oriented Policing Services.

Writing Assignment #3: Peer Review Form

Writing Assignment #3: Peer Review Form

Readings: Chemical & Biological Defense

Required Reading

Dudley
Dudley, J. P. (2003). New challenges for pubic health care: Biological and chemical weapons awareness, surveillance, and response. Biological Research for Nursing 4(4) pp. 244-250. DOI: 10.1177/1099800403251452
Okumura
Okumura, T., Suzuki, K., Fukuda, A., Kohama, A., Takasu, N., Ishimatsu, S., & Hinohara, S. (1998). The Tokyo subway sarin attack: Disaster management, part 1: Community emergency response. Academic Emergency Medicine 5(6) pp. 613-617. Retrieved from: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1553-2712.1998.tb02470.x/epdf

Reading Worksheet Biological Preparedness Week 8

Oppenheimer
Oppenheimer, A. (2012). Equipping the front-line responder. Military Technology, 36(11), 45-48.

In the News:

Tisch
Tisch, C. (2003, Apr 08). Police feel vulnerable if chemical attack comes. St.Petersburg Times Retrieved from http://libproxy.plymouth.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/263863208?accountid=3778
Leonard
Leonard, J. (2001, Oct 07). The region; chemical attack drill exposes weaknesses; preparedness: A federal report cites several areas of concern during simulated sarin gas release in O.C. but agencies also win praise for rapid response. Los Angeles Times Retrieved from http://libproxy.plymouth.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/421676264?accountid=3778

Readings: Transportation & Infrastructure Safety

Required Reading

Anderson
Anderson, W. (2013, September 18). Updating the National Infrastructure Protection Plan. Retrieved from: https://www.domesticpreparedness.com/Infrastructure/CIP-R/Updating_the_National_Infrastructure_Protection_Plan/

Reading Worksheet Week 8 Anderson

Carafano
Carafano, J. J. (2003, November 24) Preparing responders to respond: The challenges to emergency preparedness in the 21st century. Retrieved from: http://www.heritage.org/research/lecture/preparing-responders-to-respond-the-challenges-to-emergency-preparedness-in-the-21st-century

In the News:

Martz
Martz, R. & Melvin, D. (2001, Sep 12). Tactics: A grim new chapter in terror assault turns infrastructure of U.S. into deadly weapons. The Atlanta Constitution Retrieved from http://libproxy.plymouth.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/414077202?accountid=3778

Lamson Library

Prof. Warn: Emerging Technology in CJ: Week 8

Week 8: Chemical & Biological Defence; Transportation & Infrastructure Safety

Chemical & Biological Defense:

Transportation & Infrastructure Safety

Writing Assignment #3: Peer Review Form

Readings: Chemical & Biological Defense

Readings: Transportation & Infrastructure Safety

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