ABSTRACT
First responders have high risks of becoming casualties in today’s world of terrorist reality. ¨e signižcant dangers that face our public safety professionals have been recognized, and police o¬cers, žrežghters, and emergency medical services (EMS) personnel are now receiving more specialized training to deal with the escalating threats to the American public. However, the majority of state and local law enforcement agencies are not preparing their CSIs to process crime scenes that involve the release of CBRNE/TIC agents
In this post 9/11 era, why is this the case? ¨e nation’s agency administrators o«er many di«erent reasons:
• ¨ere is no mandate or coordinated e«ort on the part of the U.S. Department of Justice (US DOJ) or the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to have state and local law enforcement agencies trained.
