Police Analysis and Planning for Chemical, Biological and Radiological Attacks : Prevention, Defense and Response.

HALF TITLE: POLICE ANALYSIS AND PLANNING FOR CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL AND RADIOLOGICAL ATTACKS; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; TITLE PAGE: POLICE ANALYSIS AND PLANNING FOR CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL AND RADIOLOGICAL ATTACKS; PREFACE; CONTENTS; Chapter 1: POLICY, LEGAL AND OPERATIONAL BACKGROUND; Chapter 2: ASSESSMENT OF TERRORIST USE OF SPECIAL WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION; Chapter 3: ASSESSMENT OF SPECIAL WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION (SWMD); Chapter 4: VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT FOR SPECIAL WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION; Chapter 5: HISTORICAL AND TACTICAL REVIEW OF SPECIAL WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION.

Chapter 6: PREVENTIVE ACTIONS AGAINST THE SPECIAL WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTIONChapter 7: DEFENSIVE ACTIONS AGAINST THE SPECIAL WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION; Chapter 8: RESPONSE ACTIONS TO THE SPECIAL WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION; Chapter 9: CONCLUSIONS AND COMMENTS; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.

This text is oriented toward planning police operations in the public sector, but will be usable by other public officials as well as some private sector police operations. It addresses police threat assessment of, vulnerability assessment to, defense against and response to attacks by special weapons of mass destruction in a civilian setting. These include chemical, biological and radiological attacks. It begins with a review of the policy and legal issues pertaining to special weapons and of the pertinent counter-terrorist response considerations discussed in the author's other book, POLICE.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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