Incident Command: Communicating the Situation and Location
Over the past few weeks, I have been re-engineering Police Incident Command according to The Illinois Model law enforcement operations system ( LEOpSys ). Most of the ideas aren't earth-shattering, but they suggest some small adjustments to the nationally-mandated program. The first several posts lay some foundation into our vision of what IC should be. This is Part Three. Click on the Incident Command label for all posts in this short series. *** If "communication problems" are consistently cited during critiques and debriefs of police incidents and training scenarios, why aren't we doing anything about it? We too were frustrated and began tracking the stem of our communication issues. We found several common hiccups (to be kind) and addressed them with a clear and concise summary report. We adopted the term Situation Report ...or SitRep. In short, the SitRep is a quick method for briefing, updating, and directing responders to a police problem.