SOW-_Police_Institute.pdf

STATEMENT OF WORK

Dated: 07/29/2013

Title: Law Enforcement Agency (LEA) Continuity of Operations (COOP) Workshop for

FEMA Regions I & II

FEMA Regions I & II want to promote the building of COOP capability for LEA’s operating in the states within their respective areas of responsibility.

SCOPE OF WORK

The agreement shall have 2 major activities:

1- FEMA Region I Continuity of Operations Workshop for Police Agency Chiefs and Sheriffs: The Police Institute at Rutgers University, in conjunction with either Northeastern University (Boston, MA) or Roger Williams University (Bristol, RI) and working with the staff of FEMA Region I and other law enforcement professional associations such as the State Chiefs Assn, EOCs, State Police, Sheriffs and etc., will conduct a one day workshop. The workshop wil be in in Boston, MA or Bristol, RI to host up to 100 Police Chiefs, State Police Commanders and Sheriffs to review prior disaster experiences, lessons-learned, best preparedness practices, draft SOPs, and ideas for further workshops and exercises. This event will focus on creating awareness and providing information, resources and support to LEA’s to maintain operations during times of disaster.

2- FEMA Region II Continuity of Operations Workshop for Police Agency Chiefs and Sheriffs: The Police Institute at Rutgers University, working with the staff of FEMA Region II and other law enforcement professional associations such as the State Chiefs Assn, EOCs, State Police, Sheriffs and etc. will conduct a one day workshop one in Newark or New Brunswick NJ to host up to 100 Police Chiefs, State Police Commanders and Sheriffs to review past disaster experiences, lessons-learned, best preparedness practices, draft SOPs, and ideas for further workshops and exercises. This event will focus on creating awareness and providing information, resources and support to LEAs to maintain operations during times of disaster.

General Support to both activities will include:

• Providing meeting location rental, parking, security, and AV

• Providing staffing support, invitations, agenda planning, advertising

• Printing and handout replication

Deliverables: The Police Institute will synthesize the discussion during the workshops and prepare the following:

a) a “strawman” organizational structure for COOP within LEAs in the state;

b) a list of continuity POCs within the participating LEAs;

c) a checklist of actions for a LEA to take to initiate a COOP Plan; and

d) a Powerpoint presentation to be used for prospective LEA stakeholder engagement.