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Most police departments are small agencies, and it's going to be go with what you've got. We've talked about the guys who want to set up the command post arriving last and knowing who they are, but what we haven't yet touched on, is the officer who you don't under any circumstances want to follow in. We all know them, they are the ones who you hope don't show up as back up on your domestic disturbance call, because by their very presence they will take a situation that you may have calmed and been able to resolve without an arrest and will turn it into a fight.
This guy or gal may be the one you want to leave in the command post.
Another issue is multi-jurisdictional response the incident that happens in suburban or rural America will likely involve officers from at least 3 jurisdictions as initial responders.
We can say training is the answer to the multi-jurisdictional issue, but anyone who has had to deal with tring to coordinate personnel fro m 3 or more departments, where you want to have everyone trained the same way knows how difficult this can be, especially when there may be some bad blood at the higher levels between agencies.
Tough choices all the way around....I don't have an answer, just raising the question for ideas from the group.
Jeff
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