A Use-of-Force Doctrine in Policing
Reports of police use of excessive force appear weekly in the media and have generated outrage in many communities. Officers actions are currently judged by …
The Reflecting Pool
A New Model for Incident Management
David Flamm (CHDS Master’s cohort 1401/2) discusses the inefficiencies, conflicts, and misinterpretations that are created by emergency responders who rely on different approaches to incident …
How Critical is Critical Infrastructure?
In this podcast, David Riedman, Captain of the Montgomery County MD Fire and Rescue Service (cohort 1401/1402), speaks about how the critical infrastructure club in …
Adaptive SOPs
Standard operating procedures (SOPs) guide emergency responders in a crisis, providing predetermined steps to manage anticipated events. However, modern disasters often manifest as complex systems …
Quantifying The Negative
For most homeland security agencies, success is measured by preventing events. However, when it comes to budgets it can be hard to quantify what didn’t …
Sovereign Citizens
Michelle Mallek (CHDS cohort 1401) is legal counsel at FEMA and decided to study ‘Sovereigns’ because much of the terrorist discussion in mainstream media is focused …
Violent Salafi Jihadism
Lisa Palmieri (CHDS cohort 1402) is part of DHS working in intelligence and analysis. In this episode of the Reflecting Pool podcast, Bijan and Lisa discuss how …
Issue Attention Cycle
In this inaugural Reflecting Pool podcast, host Bijan Karimi talks to USCG Lt. Chris Kimrey (CHDS Master’s cohort 1402) about how emerging problems often surprise …