A Practitioner-Researcher Partnership to Develop and Deliver Operational Value of Threat, Risk and Vulnerability Assessment Training to meet the Requirements of Emergency Responders
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Allan Turner
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Kenneth Glantz
Abstract
The Department of Homeland Security has funded an array of threat, risk and vulnerability assessment methodologies for use by law enforcement jurisdictions throughout the US. Yet, in spite of this effort, many law enforcement agencies either do not conduct assessments or do not understand and use operationally, the information gathered in assessments. This article discusses a practitioner/researcher partnership model which successfully developed and delivered a training course to assist homeland security professionals in understanding and using operationally, information gathered by various threat, risk, and vulnerability methodologies. The model takes into consideration not only what participants needed to learn but also how they were going to learn it. This article discusses initial background research, course development, implementation, delivery, and lessons learned. The results demonstrate the effectiveness of a model which incorporates the strength of both practitioners and researchers and can be replicated to provide effective training throughout homeland security.
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HLS-CAM™ is a comprehensive assessment that defines a community, evaluates its strengths and weaknesses, identifies its critical infrastructure and key resources (CI/KR), identifies the threats to the community, prioritizes its CI/KR, and provides a comprehensive vulnerability assessment.
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SPSS is popular statistical analysis software used by social scientists.
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