NEWS DIGEST LA Law – securing the city
The Los Angeles/Long Beach area will use $1.5 million in grant as part of the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Domestic Nuclear Detection Offi ce’s (DNDO) Securing the Cities (STC) programme, which sets up detection systems and training to prevent a radiological or nuclear attack in cities facing the highest risk. The LA area will be eligible to receive additional funding pending congressional appropriations to build robust nuclear detection. Under
STC, DNDO will partner with the City of Los Angeles Mayor’s offi ce to develop a regional structure of law enforcement and fi rst responder organizations - and will assist regional partners in coordinating training exercises with federal operations. Initial eff orts in the Los Angeles/Long Beach area will focus on meeting the immediate needs of state and local agencies to develop baseline nuclear detection and reporting capabilities, including equipment and training.
The Los Angeles/Long Beach
expansion is the fi rst since STC began in 2006 as a pilot project for the New York City region, providing equipment, tools and training through collaboration with the NYPD (New York Police Department). The NYPD, in turn, distributes grant money to other participating agencies. STC has provided more than 8,500 pieces of detection equipment, trained almost 13,000 personnel, and conducted 100 drills. zy
KEEPING PEOPLE AND PROPERTY SAFE
Incidents at Major Public Events: Planning and Response by Dan Kaszeta (Wiley, 2012)
Dan Kaszeta’s timely title deals with CBRN and Hazmat Incidents at major public events, examining all aspects of security planning and emergency response, including response network development, and training and exercise including medical, fi re, police, military, and VIP protection personnel and law enforcement. The author provides 14 specifi c public event scenarios, explaining what to do and what not to do for eff ective emergency planning and response to CBRN and hazmat incidents. These scenarios also set the foundation for preparedness training and exercises with sidebars summarizing the author’s extensive operational and managerial experience, helping readers focus on proven strategies and techniques needed to prevent or mitigate the impact of a CBRN or hazmat incident. The book sets out to equip readers to plan for and manage a multidisciplinary safety and emergency response team, including police, security, medical, military, and fi re and civil protection personnel.
Dan Kaszeta is Senior Research Fellow at the International Institute for Non-Proliferation Studies and Managing Director at Strongpoint Security, Ltd and has worked as Disaster Preparedness Adviser for the White House Military Offi ce and as Physical Security Specialist for the US Secret Service.
dan@kaszeta.org
Publisher: Wiley ISBN: 978-1-1182-8819-1
The fl u controversy rages on
In November the Obama administra- tion delivered draſt measures to assess the potential benefi ts and threats of recent avian infl uenza studies. According to Science magazine, this may mandate nondisclosure of some research activities, which would be of considerable concern about preventing the progress of future research. Controversy persists over the necessity of two studies that yielded an H5N1 virus more that displayed greater transmissibility between ferrets (see Pandora’s Box, CBNW 2012-2). In 2011 members of the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity, which consults with
the US government on biology science activities with possible weapons applica- tions, recommended avoiding the publication of certain fi ndings from the research by teams in the US and the Netherlands. But the fi ndings were eventually published and endorsed by the Biodefence panel’s endorsement aſt er the groups submitted additional data. Proponents say such research can
show what gene variations can yield more threatening viral strains and point to possible countermeasures, while oppo- nents believe the dangers of such research outweigh any positive result.
Book Info:
http://strongpointsecurity.co.uk/new-book/;
The proposed regulatory model would seek to lower the threat by requiring potential experiments of concern to undergo further departmental or interagency examinations among an initial group of evaluators. The system would only extend to proposed research aimed at creating more contagious versions of the avian fl u virus. While many critics say the system could eff ectively preclude monetary backing for a full range of potentially benefi cial investigations, supporters believe the proposal is a “step forward” in U.S. antiterrorism concerning avian fl u. zy
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