Law Enforcement
Overview:
If Law Enforcement Officers (LEO's) are ordered to provide force protection and support for Interagency Incident Management Teams (or other ESF4 missions) they will be ordered through the appropriate state dispatch center to the Southern Area Coordination Center (SACC).
When an All Hazard Response Organization is established a Regional Law Enforcement Liaison will be included, as well as a Law Enforcement Representative at SACC to assist with resource orders.
When Incident Management Teams (IMT's) are ordered for all hazard incidents an initial minimum order of four (4) agency Law Enforcement Officers should be assigned and staged with each IMT.
If an IMT has questions about law enforcement jurisdictions and authorities they should be directed to the Regional Law Enforcement Liaison with the All Hazard Response Organization. Law Enforcement Officers may be required as escorts for supplies and materials being sent to or moved within a disaster area. During past disaster responses trucks and supplies were diverted without authorization from their intended destinations, a practice that negatively impacted the overall response.