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 […]
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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
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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
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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