Research Paper
Students will write a research paper based on one of the topics below. The paper should include an
overview of the subject and major relevant points relative to economic, social and/or legal implications
or impacts. Moreover, the paper should incorporate the role of the Saint Leo University core value of
Community as it relates to local response to terrorism (e.g., mutual aid agreements, regionalization
approaches, multi-jurisdictional training or exercises, cross-discipline training or exercises,
interoperable communications, etc).
Topics:
• Regionalization planning, preparation, and response approach
• Mutual aid agreements
• Interoperable communications
• Any aspect of the Incident Command System
• Aspects of NIMS training
• Operational planning at the local level for potential terrorist threats
• Local police response to terrorism
• Preparing for incidents of terrorism at the local Level
• Developing emergency response plans that include local law enforcement
• Testing emergency response plans that include local law enforcement
• Local law enforcement involvement in Joint Terrorism Task Forces
• Legal tools available at the local level to exploit terrorist activities
The paper has a required minimum length of 2500 words and must conform to APA style and
formatting. This includes a running head, page numbers, cover page, abstract, introduction, body,
summary of findings, conclusion, in-text citations, and reference page. Non-APA formatted papers will
receive an automatic 25 point reduction.
A minimum of five references are required, with no more than two from Internet sources. Additional
grading criteria will include clarity of presentation, quality of content, mastery of content, care and
attention to detail, organization, originality of presentation, and the value and interest of the
presentation, as well as proper grammar and punctuation. A grading rubric is available in the course
Doc Sharing section.
The assignment must be your original work. You are required to use no more than 15% of others quoted
work when completing any assignments within this course of study. Your research paper must therefore
be 85% original. No previously submitted papers, articles, reports or project, in whole or in part, to any
university or college will be accepted.
Textbook:
Walsh, D. W., et al. (2012). National Incident Management System: Principles and Practice. Sudbury,
MA: Jones and Bartlett. ISBN-13: 978-0-7637-8187-3
Discussions
You are required to participate in online discussions with an original initial post of no less than
250 words (excluding in-text citations and listed references). Use APA in-text citations and
provide fully referenced sources to lend scholarly support to your comments, remarks, or
positions taken in your initial discussion posts.
Textbook:
Walsh, D. W., et al. (2012). National Incident Management System: Principles and Practice.
Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett. ISBN-13: 978-0-7637-8187-3
Module 1
Discuss from a law enforcement perspective how the challenges in responding to a terror attack
might mirror many of the challenges in responding to the aftermath of the 2010 Haiti
earthquakes. How might the NIMS and ICS approaches be helpful under such conditions?
Module 2
Discuss the core set of doctrines, concepts, principles, and organizational processes that NIMS
represents to enable effective, efficient, and collaborative incident management at all levels.
Which one of these stands out most to you? Why?
Module 3
Response planning requires groups—ranging from local police to federal response assets—to
understand one another’s roles and capabilities. Discuss specifically how the NIMS logistics
concepts and principles can assist and promote this understanding.
Module 4
Explain how the synchronization of efforts of federal, state, and local agencies is vital to the
national effort against terrorism.
Module 5
Explain exactly how NIMS provides a consistent nationwide template to enable federal, state,
and local governments, and private-sector and nongovernmental organizations to work together
to effectively prepare for, prevent, respond to, and recover from incidents regardless of their
cause, size, or complexity, including acts of terrorism.
Module 6
From the standpoint of resource management, explain how NIMS facilitates building upon
existing incident management and emergency response systems.
Module 7
Explain in considerable detail how NIMS is linked to the National Response Framework.
Module 8
Explain in detail the value and importance of the IMSI relative to the continued viability of the
NIMS concepts and principles.
Discussions
Saint Leo University
CRM365
Local Response to Terrorism
Course Description:
This course provides a comprehensive overview of the need to plan for the possibility of a terrorist event
on the local level. A terrorist event could take place that restricts or retards the state and federal
government’s response to a local community. The course will give the student the tools needed to
prepare a local agency for immediate response to an event in his or her community. The course will give
an introduction to the National Incident Management System and will provide the student with the
information necessary to ensure local government compliance with federal law.
Prerequisite:
POL123, CRM220
Textbooks:
Walsh, D. W., et al. (2012). National Incident Management System: Principles and Practice. Sudbury,
MA: Jones and Bartlett.
ISBN-13: 978-0-7637-8187-3
American Psychological Association. (2009). Publication manual of the American Psychological
Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.
ISBN-13: 978-1-4338-0561-5
Learning Outcomes:
As a result of this course, students will:
1. Describe the role of the Saint Leo University core value of Community in designing a local
response to terrorism.
2. Relate lessons learned from past incidents and exercises to the needs of local jurisdictions.
3. Recognize the importance of planning for a terrorist attack.
4. Obtain the knowledge to prepare a response and containment plan in the event of a terrorist
attack.
5. Evaluate existing local plans for response and containment of a terrorist attack.
6. Plan and conduct a training exercise involving a local response to a hypothetical terrorist attack.
7. Obtain the necessary knowledge to prepare a local agency for compliance with the National
Incident Management System requirements.
8. Articulate the responsibilities and authority of local government in a terrorist situation.
9. Develop expertise necessary to prepare a local agency for compliance with National Incident
Management System requirements.
Core Value:
Community: Saint Leo University develops hospitable Christian learning communities everywhere we
serve. We foster a spirit of belonging, unity and interdependence based on mutual trust and respect to
create socially responsible environments that challenge all of us to listen, to learn, to change and to
serve.
Evaluation:
Grades will be based on the following;
Assignment
Quizzes (6 @ 2% ea.)
Discussions (8 @ 3% ea.)
Final exam
Research paper
Total
% of total grade
12
24
40
24
100%
1
Grading Scale:
Grade
A
AB+
B
BC+
C
CD+
D
F
Score (%)
94-100
90-93
87-89
84-86
80-83
77-79
74-76
70-73
67-69
60-66
0-59
Quizzes
In modules 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7, you will complete a 10-question quiz covering the concepts introduced in
the modules.
Discussions
Each module will include a discussion assignment in which you are required to participate. See the
Discussion Guidelines in the Course Home menu for further information.
Final Exam
The 90-minute final exam will consist of five short-essay questions.
Research Paper
Students will write a research paper based on one of the topics below. The paper should include an
overview of the subject and major relevant points relative to economic, social and/or legal implications or
impacts. Moreover, the paper should incorporate the role of the Saint Leo University core value of
Community as it relates to local response to terrorism (e.g., mutual aid agreements, regionalization
approaches, multi-jurisdictional training or exercises, cross-discipline training or exercises, interoperable
communications, etc).
Topics:
Regionalization planning, preparation, and response approach
Mutual aid agreements
Interoperable communications
Any aspect of the Incident Command System
Aspects of NIMS training
Operational planning at the local level for potential terrorist threats
Local police response to terrorism
Preparing for incidents of terrorism at the local Level
Developing emergency response plans that include local law enforcement
Testing emergency response plans that include local law enforcement
Local law enforcement involvement in Joint Terrorism Task Forces
Legal tools available at the local level to exploit terrorist activities
The paper has a required minimum length of 2500 words and must conform to APA style and formatting.
This includes a running head, page numbers, cover page, abstract, introduction, body, summary of
findings, conclusion, in-text citations, and reference page. Non-APA formatted papers will receive an
automatic 25 point reduction.
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A minimum of five references are required, with no more than two from Internet sources. Additional
grading criteria will include clarity of presentation, quality of content, mastery of content, care and
attention to detail, organization, originality of presentation, and the value and interest of the presentation,
as well as proper grammar and punctuation. A grading rubric is available in the course Doc Sharing
section.
The assignment must be your original work. You are required to use no more than 15% of others quoted
work when completing any assignments within this course of study. Your research paper must therefore
be 85% original. No previously submitted papers, articles, reports or project, in whole or in part, to any
university or college will be accepted.
Written Assignments and the APA Format:
The Department of Criminal Justice recognizes the value of excellence in writing for students in Criminal
Justice. In part, each professor is expected to provide guidance on improving a student’s writing skills.
Students are required to use only the APA (American Psychological Association) format to write and
develop a scholarly paper for submission in the Social Sciences. APA has been adopted by the
Department as its writing standard for all academic written assignments. No other writing style is
acceptable.
APA is the American Psychological Association, and the style is one of many in the academic world used
to regulate the language, citations, procedure and formatting of manuscripts and other examples of
writing in the social sciences. Please be consistent throughout each written paper. Refer to APA Guide
under Resources on the Course Menu for APA specifics. An on-line reference for APA can be accessed
at the following website:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
For each scholarly paper and group assignment(s), the work will be assessed using an individual grading
rubric for each assignment. This tool and process helps the students identify and Professor measure the
key points necessary to successfully complete written or group assignments. Wikipedia is not an
appropriate source for any scholarly writing and should not be used for any assignments in this course.
Module 1
Introduction to the National Incident Management System
Outcomes:
After completing this module the student will be able to:
Discuss the application of NIMS and ICS approaches to responding to a terror
attack.
Successfully complete a 10-question quiz covering concepts introduced in the
module.
Assignments:
Action
Post
Read
Explore
View
Post
Post
Complete
Begin
Assignment
Introduction to the class
Textbook chapters 1, 2, 3 and appendices
A, B, D, E, F, G; review appendix C in
conjunction with the assigned website
Assigned websites
Audio Video Presentation (AVP)
Initial response to the discussion question
Responses to at least two classmates
Quiz
Considering your research paper topic
3
Due No Later Than
Thursday 11:59 PM EST/EDT
Thursday 11:59 PM EST/EDT
Sunday 11:59 PM EST/EDT
Sunday 11:59 PM EST/EDT
Module 2
Incident Command Operations and Planning
Outcomes:
After completing this module the student will be able to:
Discuss NIMS’ core set of doctrines, concepts, principles, and organizational
processes.
Successfully complete a 10-question quiz covering concepts introduced in the
module.
Assignments:
Action
Read
Explore
View
Post
Post
Complete
Submit
Assignment
Textbook chapters 4, 5
Assigned websites
Audio Video Presentation (AVP)
Initial response to the discussion question
Responses to at least two classmates
Quiz
Research paper topic
Due No Later Than
Thursday 11:59 PM EST/EDT
Sunday 11:59 PM EST/EDT
Sunday 11:59 PM EST/EDT
Sunday 11:59 PM EST/EDT
Module 3
Logistics and Finance/Administration
Outcomes:
After completing this module the student will be able to:
Discuss how NIMS logistics concepts and principles can assist and promote
response planning amongst different groups.
Successfully complete a 10-question quiz covering concepts introduced in the
module.
Assignments:
Action
Read
Explore
View
Post
Post
Complete
Assignment
Textbook chapters 6, 7
Assigned websites
Audio Video Presentation (AVP)
Initial response to the discussion question
Responses to at least two classmates
Quiz
Due No Later Than
Thursday 11:59 PM EST/EDT
Sunday 11:59 PM EST/EDT
Sunday 11:59 PM EST/EDT
Module 4
Intelligence Function and Multiagency Coordination
Outcomes:
After completing this module the student will be able to:
Explain how the synchronization of efforts of federal, state, and local agencies is
vital to the national effort against terrorism.
Successfully complete a 10-question quiz covering concepts introduced in the
module.
Assignments:
Action
Read
Explore
View
Post
Post
Complete
Assignment
Textbook chapters 8, 9
Assigned websites
Audio Video Presentation (AVP)
Initial response to the discussion question
Responses to at least two classmates
Quiz
4
Due No Later Than
Thursday 11:59 PM EST/EDT
Sunday 11:59 PM EST/EDT
Sunday 11:59 PM EST/EDT
Module 5
Preparedness
Outcomes:
After completing this module the student will be able to:
Explain how NIMS provides a consistent nationwide template to enable federal,
state, and local governments, and private-sector and nongovernmental
organizations to work together to effectively prepare for, prevent, respond to, and
recover from incidents.
Successfully complete a 10-question quiz covering concepts introduced in the
module.
Assignments:
Action
Read
Explore
View
Post
Post
Complete
Assignment
Textbook chapters 10, 11
Assigned websites
Audio Video Presentation (AVP)
Initial response to the discussion question
Responses to at least two classmates
Quiz
Due No Later Than
Thursday 11:59 PM EST/EDT
Sunday 11:59 PM EST/EDT
Sunday 11:59 PM EST/EDT
Module 6
Managing Resources
Outcomes:
After completing this module the student will be able to:
Explain how NIMS facilitates building upon existing incident management and
emergency response systems.
Compose a 2500-word, APA style and formatted research paper on a topic related
to local response to terrorism.
Assignments:
Action
Read
Explore
View
Post
Post
Submit
Assignment
Textbook chapters 12, 13
Assigned websites
Audio Video Presentation (AVP)
Initial response to the discussion question
Responses to at least two classmates
Research paper
Due No Later Than
Thursday 11:59 PM EST/EDT
Sunday 11:59 PM EST/EDT
Sunday 11:59 PM EST/EDT
Module 7
The National Response
Outcomes:
After completing this module the student will be able to:
Explain in considerable detail how NIMS is linked to the National Response
Framework.
Successfully complete a 10-question quiz covering concepts introduced in the
module.
Assignments:
Action
Read
Explore
View
Post
Post
Complete
Assignment
Textbook chapters 14, 15
Assigned websites
Audio Video Presentation (AVP)
Initial response to the discussion question
Responses to at least two classmates
Quiz
5
Due No Later Than
Thursday 11:59 PM EST/EDT
Sunday 11:59 PM EST/EDT
Sunday 11:59 PM EST/EDT
Module 8
Implementing the National Incident Management System
Outcomes:
After completing this module the student will be able to:
Explain in detail the value and importance of the IMSI relative to the continued
viability of the NIMS concepts and principles.
Successfully complete a five-question essay exam covering concepts introduced in
the course.
Assignments:
Action
Read
Explore
View
Post
Post
Complete
Assignment
Textbook chapter 16
Assigned websites
Audio Video Presentation (AVP)
Initial response to the discussion question
Responses to at least two classmates
Final exam
6
Due No Later Than
Thursday 11:59 PM EST/EDT
Sunday 11:59 PM EST/EDT
Sunday 11:59 PM EST/EDT
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