Local IMT Tasked with Organizing Regional Response to Civil Disorder. Captain Craig Worsham Chief Lee Williams Captain Michael Snawder

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1 Local IMT Tasked with Organizing Regional Response to Civil Disorder Captain Craig Worsham Chief Lee Williams Captain Michael Snawder

2 In 2017, members of the CVAHIMT were tasked with organizing the regional response for the Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville, VA and a subsequent protest in Richmond, VA which occurred exactly one month later

3 Agenda CVAHIMT S Involvement in Charlottesville 2017 Lessons learned that were applied to the response strategy for Richmond 2017 Lessons learned that were applied to the response strategy for Charlottesville 2018

4 CVAHIMT S Involvement in Charlottesville 2017 CVAHIMT received a last minute request to assist the City of Charlottesville with the Unite the Right Rally. The team deployed Tuesday and worked through the Planning P for the event which was scheduled for Saturday. IMT Lessons learned Agency Administrator s Briefing Interactions with Police, Fire, and EMS After Action Report Tactical Lessons Learned

5 IMT Interactions with Law Enforcement It is incumbent upon IMTs to establish a good working relationship with their Law Enforcement Partners prior to a protest which often times ends up being managed more like an incident than a pre-planned event. Speculation as to why Law Enforcement has been reluctant to embrace ICS Use the many examples of things that have gone wrong across the nation to emphasize the need, i.e. lack of coordination amongst different disciplines, etc. Pre-planned events to build rapport

6 Response Strategy for Richmond 2017 Prior relationships built during the UCI Bicycle World Championships in September of 2016 allowed for a truly unified command The IMT concept was embraced from the beginning. Police, Fire, EMS, and Public Works representation in UC Taught / explained who, what, when, where, and why to newcomers as we worked our way through the Planning P Rescue Taskforces included Police Fire and EMS Police / EMS Bike Teams Joint Training

7 Response Strategy for Richmond 2017 I&I Section / Situation Unit Liaison Written Contingency Plans

8 Response Strategy for Richmond 2017 Tracking of Resources Value of Logistics illustrated early and often

9 CVAHIMT S Involvement in Charlottesville 2018 The Virginia State Police and Charlottesville Police brought the IMT in early to plan for the next protest. ICS was embraced at all levels of the organization. Coached and mentored everyone through the All Hazards Planning Process and ensured they understood why they were doing things through the eyes of experienced IMT members. Looked for opportunities to take the workload off of the people who expected to do all of the work and distributed it to the appropriate Section.

10 The challenges: Local Politics New Leadership for CPD and UVAPD International Attention Huge Manpower Requirements (ICS Type 1 Event) Unknown Circumstances (permit issues/pop ups) Memories of 2017 (both a challenge and a blessing) Multiple Events Scheduled A New Way of Operating for VSP ICS/IMT

11 What was different leading up to the event? IMT and ICS Framework which greatly impacted: Planning (Structured but Flexible and Scalable) Collaboration Preparation (equipment, training, briefings, etc.) Communication Community Outreach Failure is not an option mentality State Level Political/Legal Intervention (when needed)

12 Logistics Support

13 Briefings and Training Sessions

14 Community Outreach

15 Increased State Level Political Support

16 What was different during operations? Tactics Flexibility IMT (46 IMT members) Beefed Up Logistics Situation Unit Planning Unit Communications Policy Group

17 CVAHIMT S Involvement in Charlottesville 2018 Planning Meeting C&GS Meeting

18 CVAHIMT S Involvement in Charlottesville 2018 Logs Coordinated Escorts Logs Coordinated Transportation

19 CVAHIMT S Involvement in Charlottesville 2018 ICP World s Largest BAM JPJ Arena Jumbo Tron

20 Highly Mobile Protests

21 Flexibility to Respond

22 One Message to all Participants

23 IMT Result = One Cohesive Framework to Operate Under