Prepare a mass arrest and mass casualty plan-Law and Ethics
DRNC Scenario
Background: The following story is a fictional account of planning and preparation leading up to the mythical Democratic-Republican National Convention (DRNC) event in Miami, Florida. The story is loosely based on an amalgamation of real life occurrences in the lead up to the Free Trade Area of the Americas conference in Miami, Florida in 2003. The names of all the characters in the story are fictional.
Meeting of the Mass Arrest/Mass Casualty Subcommittee (Six weeks before the beginning of the DRNC)
Major Louis Warren of the Miami-Dade Police Department has been appointed by MDPD Director Melanie Duncan as the principal planner and overall Incident Commander for Security of the DRNC special event. Major Warren has appointed Captain Barry Jackson and Captain Steven Black as co-chairs of the Mass Arrest/Mass Casualty Subcommittee.
Assignment Instructions
For the purpose of this assignment, you are playing the role of Captain Barry Jackson, the co-chair of the Mass Arrest/Mass Casualty Subcommittee. Your job is to prepare a mass arrest and mass casualty plan of action for the DRNC special event. You are to consider and identify the key issues associated with the possibility of mass arrests and mass casualties during the DRNC. Refer to the observations and lessons learned from the FTAA PowerPoint and from the Independent Review Panel Report, both of which can be found in Doc.Sharing.
Prepare a report not to exceed 1,500 words to explain your recommendations to Major Warren and submit the document to the Dropbox and post it to the communication board.
