A suicide bomber has detonated his incendiary device on the Pink Line of the “El” in Chicago, IL. The emergency response teams have quickly extinguished the fire and have begun to treat the wounded. The explosion took place at 5 p.m. on a busy Thursday afternoon. The initial estimates are that 14 people have been killed and 67 wounded. There is also significant infrastructure damage to the Ashland station, impeding traffic on the Green and Pink lines as well as to and from the Illinois Medical District. Al-Shabaab, a terrorist group from Somalia, has claimed responsibility in response to the U.S. Navy’s killing of Somali pirates. Al-Shabaab warns that 2 more explosions will occur somewhere in other major U.S. cities. Their rationale is that three pirates were killed, and therefore three explosions will occur.

As can be expected, the public across the U.S. is in a panic. You are the public relations director for the Deputy Director of Homeland Security. He has asked you to develop a comprehensive white paper explaining the intervention options that the state and federal government can exercise to alleviate public fear and anxiety. He wants to make sure that you anticipate economic impacts at the local, state, and federal levels; use historical incidents if necessary. Your paper will be the basis for an upcoming DHS press conference in which the Deputy Director will attempt to assuage the public’s fear.

Assignment Guidelines

• Address the following in 1,250–1,500 words:
  • Provide a brief summary of the event.
  • What psychological impacts will most likely be present
    • at the local level? Explain
    • at the national level? Explain.
  • What could be the social impacts? Explain.
    • Consider that the attack has significantly affected a major form of public transit for a major city.
  • What could be the economic impacts? Explain.
    • Consider consumer confidence and impacts to businesses.
  • How would the government respond to the attack? Explain.
    • How would the government address the psychological, social, and economic impacts? Explain.
      • Consider immediate, short-term, and long-term impacts.

Here is the outline that I submitted for this assignment. Please follow if possible, and feel free to add if necessary. 

1.        Event Summary
2.   The rapid-transit system in Chicago, IL has been affectionately nicknamed the “L”. This name refers to the whole system of elevated subway systems that are segmented. In this scenario, a suicide bomber detonates and incendiary device on the “L” at the Pink Line segment. The explosion occurred around 5 p.m. on a busy Thursday afternoon for a segment that generally transports approximately 13,000 people daily. An estimated 14 people have been killed and 67 are wounded. The damage to the infrastructure has rendered the Green and Pink segments unusable. Somalian terrorist Group Al-Shabaab has publicly claimed responsibility for the attack as retaliation for the killing of three Somali pirates by the U.S. Navy. Al-Shabaab has further threatened that 2 more explosions are going to occur in other major cities in the U.S. cities.
3.        Overall Psychological Impacts
4.   Psychological impact on local level
5. What is PTSD?
6.   Will terrorism eventually become and accepted behavior as a coping mechanism?
7. Psychological impact on national level

III.            Social Impacts of terrorist act

1.   How does an act of terrorism affect public transportation?
2.        Economic Impacts of terrorist act
3.   How does an act of terrorism affect businesses?
4. How are consumers affected after an act of terrorism?
5.        Government Response
6.   How would the government handle the psychological impact?
7. How would the government handle the social impact?
8.   How would the government handle the economic impact?
9. Are the implemented changes designed to be a short-term or long-term fix?
10.   How can the government respond effectively immediately after an attack?
11.        Conclusion
12.   Summate how all of these things affect the targeted area and the way the government handled the situation.

HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT 6

 

Please read Chapters 9 and 10.  Then answer the following essay questions. Each essay question should be at least one page in length, double spaced, one inch margins, 12 pt. font, Times New Roman, APA Format and must include both citations and references.

 

Essays:

 

1. Identify several of the differences between internal investigations and criminal investigations.
2. Chart the history of the civil review board. Discuss the three different eras.
3. The authors cite four limitations of professional and ethical standards. List and discuss those four limitations.

 

Chapter 9 Summary

 

Chapter 9 looks at police behavior and the use of force and coercion. The police are authorized to use force to maintain order and gain compliance.

 

Many studies have been conducted examining the police use of force during interactions with citizens. One such study was conducted by Reiss (1967). In over 5,000 observations of police–citizen interactions, Reiss found that almost 60 percent of the citizens behaved in a civil manner toward the police. In those 5,000 interactions, the police made an arrest in less than 5 percent of the encounters. Most citizen encounters with the police involved the citizen requesting help.

 

The Bureau of Justice Statistics conducted the Police–Public Contact Survey in 1996. This survey found that 21 percent of the population had face-to-face contact with the police in 1996; 0.6 percent of the population had been handcuffed by the police in 1996.

 

The police are trained to use a continuum of force. This continuum starts with just the presence of the police to be able to control the situation. As the continuum increases, the police increase the amount of force. At the far end of the continuum is the police use of deadly force. Between the extremes are the use of firm grips, the use of pain points, and impact techniques. The police are trained in the use of firearms, pepper spray, self-defense techniques, officer survival, flashlights, and canines.

 

The chapter outlines three types of conflict involving the use of force. Type 1 conflicts involve the law and departmental policy supporting the use of force by the police, but parts of the community do not support the use of force. Type 1 conflicts occur most often in minority neighborhoods. Type 2 conflicts occur when there are differences between the law and departmental policy. High-speed chases may be an issue in Type 2 conflicts. Type 3 conflicts occur when the officer’s behavior is approved of by the community but not the law and departmental policy. The potential for such conflicts may occur with community-oriented policing.

 

Although authorized to utilize force, sometimes the police abuse that authority. This could include physical abuse, verbal and psychological abuse, legal abuse, and violations of civil rights. Physical abuse was commonplace in the 1930s. The police would use the third degree.

 

In addition to the use of force, the police may utilize deception with the suspect. The police are permitted to use deception as long as they do not make promises they are not authorized to make.