Role of Law Enforcement in Public Health Emergencies: Special Considerations for an All-Hazards Approach

摘要

Public health emergencies pose special challenges for law enforcement ,whether the threat is manmade (e.g.the anthrax terrorist attacks) or naturally occurring (e.g.flu pandemics). Policing strategies will vary depending on the cause and level of the threat, as will the potential risk to the responding officers. In a public health emergency, law enforcement will need to quickly coordinate its response with public health and medical officials, many of whom they may not have worked with previously.