Law Enforcement, Infrastructure, and the IMS System
Public service requires the acquisition of a wide range of knowledge, starting from law enforcement to community care. A police officer ought to obtain skills in different areas of law enforcement to succeed in maintaining law and order. This essay evaluates the significance of community policing, critical infrastructure, and the IMS organization in administrative structures.
Community Policing
Community policing is common in many parts of the globe. It was started several decades ago and still maintains its relevance in the current era due to its effectiveness. Community policing is a strategy used by law enforcers to ensure that communities are well protected from harm. The focus of community policing is mainly on building ties with members of communities and working closely with them to reduce crime rates in nations. Before the introduction of community policing, members of society feared the police and often shied from reporting crime. They also believed that interaction with the police would dispose them to more harm, especially from criminals and syndicates. People’s woes were logical because law enforcement was a rigid and authoritative organization, whose primary aim was to arrest criminals.
After the institutionalization of community policing, numerous positive changes in crime rates are evident. Since community police spend more time in the streets assisting citizens, they have not only become more approachable by societies but also scared delinquents away. Moreover, community policing works on solving recurring problems in societies such as petty theft, burglary, assault, and arson. It is successful in the endeavor because it avails police officers in these communities at all times. Therefore, police officers arrive at crime scenes in time to arbitrate.
Community policing is significantly advantageous to society. However, law enforcement authorities ought to work on increasing social policing skills. Social intelligence is the core of community policing and should thus; be reinforced. Learning institutions should equip police with skills in using empathy, self-regulation, motivation, and self-control in handling criminal matters.
Critical Infrastructure
Critical infrastructure is made up of public safety, healthcare, electricity, financial institutions, transport, gas and oil, and communication systems. These infrastructures are interdependent services that are essential in meeting human needs (Section 5(1), 2020). In modern times, electricity is imperative in everyday functions. In a scenario where the supply of a nation’s electricity is compromised, all other critical infrastructures would greatly suffer. For instance, healthcare facilities would lack power necessary to aid in operations and in life support machines. Moreover, all medical machines and software that store records uses electricity to function. Prolonged lack of electricity may cause the death of many patients. In other sectors like the transport system, passengers would incur major losses and setbacks. Major modes of transport in the globalized world rely on electricity. Therefore, many businesses and organizations would face a detriment due to slower and inefficient transport modes.
IMS Systems
The Incident Management System (IMS) aids in operation planning, command and logistics (IMS-200, 2014). It is essential in all administrative structures and makes work more efficient and organized (Section 5(2), 2020). The town of Trillium tornado is a scenario that utilizes IMS in organizing emergency teams. In this case, the tornado ripped through the town but mostly affected a home for the elderly. The chart below is an illustration of the use of the IMS terminology in the Trillium natural crisis.