Local Agencies - Police Departments

Description: Represents the generic municipal and local police departments and other law enforcement providers. May include campus police.

Stakeholder Groups Associated With:

• Local Agencies

Inventory Elements:

• none

Projects:

• none

Roles and Responsibilities:

Emergency Management for Southwest Florida Regional ITS Architecture - FDOT District 1
• Coordinate emergency response with county EOCs, the FHP, and the county sheriff's office.
• Coordinate region wide emergency plans; evacuation and reentry plans; and disaster management plans.
• Receive Amber Alert and other wide area alert information from the county EOC/warning point.
• Receive early warning information and threat information from the county EOC/warning point.
• Coordinate with regional medical centers regarding the status of the care facility.
• Respond to transit emergencies/alarms on transit vehicles or in the transit facilities of the City of Lakeland, Lee County, Manatee County, Sarasota County, Cape Coral, Charlotte County, Polk County, and Winter Haven, and on school buses.
• Suggest routes to police vehicles in response to an emergency, and track police vehicles to incidents.
• Dispatch local police vehicles to incidents in the region.
• Participate in incident response, coordination, and reporting of the regional incident and mutual aid network.
• Perform incident detection and verification for streets within cities of the region.

Incident Management (Emergency) for Southwest Florida Regional ITS Architecture - FDOT District 1
• Coordinate incident response with other public safety agencies, such as fire, EMS, sheriff's offices, and the FHP).
• Coordinate local police resources for incident response with regional traffic agencies, such as the FDOT, and county and city agencies.
• Coordinate maintenance resources for incident response with county and city DPWs, and the FDOT Maintenance Office.
• Dispatch local police vehicles to incidents within jurisdiction.
• Perform incident detection and verification for all streets in the region, and provide this information to traffic and other safety agencies.