2/1/2018 Week One Discussion One – PSAD 302 6980 Introduction to Public Safety Administration (2182)

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Pitt – Week 1 Discussion 1 Charles Pitt posted Jan 30, 2018 9:35 PM Subscribe

            According to this week’s reading the PSAD Course Guide noted several, Authors, Philosophers and Theorist defining Public administration ranging from the “fulfillment or enforcement of public policy, management of resources to the Five Functions of Management (Introduction to Public Safety Administration, n.d., para . 1).” In answering this question I took the opportunity to research different views regarding this subject matter. For example, the Census Bureau states public safety “comprises the functions of Police protection, Fire protection, Correction, and Protective inspection and regulation” (US Census Bureau, n.d.).

Public Safety Administration is not an easy topic to define, given the complexity and Quantity of people, places and things that would stand to be affected by this very definition, It is not a simple task. When I think of the Public Safety and its Administration, I automatically interpret it into a question, what it is that one is seeking to accomplish as well as to whom would be affected. My first thought goes to, who I consider as “public” Merriam Webster Dictionary defines public as a collective body of people (Webster, n.d.) which I consider to be Households, Communities, Counties and /or State.  Secondly, I would take into account what safety and security measures, would be required to protect this body o people. Finally, I would explore what Governing body is responsible for caring for these individuals.

In conclusion:  I would define Public Safety Administration as an administrative body that has jurisdiction and oversight for the security, welfare and the responsibility of developing, constructing, and organizing safety measures, policies and procedures to protect all people, in all security situations and circumstances, It would encompass anything having to do with protecting the life, liberty and the well-being of all of its citizens.

 

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US Census Bureau’s Federal, State, and Local Governments definitions page. (n.d). Retrieved January 30, 2018, from https://www.census.gov/govs/definitions/

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Discussion One David Anderson posted Jan 31, 2018 11:50 PM Subscribe

I believe Public Safety Administration is the management that directs and oversees individuals employed by the public to provide safety for the community.   Safety can be in many forms, to include EMS, Fire Departments, and Police Departments.  The motive behind the policies and procedures developed by Public Safety Administrators are much harder to define.  As Neumann describes in his article, “What makes public administration a science? Or, are its “questions” really big”, the relationship of Public Safety Administration and its environment is complex and chaotic.

Public Safety Administrators must develop policy and procedures that are palatable to their employer, the public.  Administrators policies change with the opinion of the public.   For example, the definition of Use of Force, is different when discussing local, State and Federal.  This is because the public that is closest associated with the organization will reevaluate their opinion when an incident occurs.  This opinion drives change in policy and procedure, it is the responsibility of Public Administrators to ensure that change in policy and procedure is adhered to by the public employees.

 

 

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Week One Discussion One Florita Wesley posted Jan 31, 2018 8:23 PM Subscribe

We face a multitude of threats daily.  Of course, I believe that it’s important to implement and

enforce policies and procedures to ensure the public safety of our citizens.  Moreover, we as

citizens must take an active role to safeguard public safety as well – for example, “see

something, say something.” In my humble opinion, public safety should not be limited to our

public safety administrators. Therefore, I believe that public safety administration should be

defined as “agencies created to provide protection and guidance to its citizens against imminent

threat, danger or harm.”  I generated this definition because as a citizen, I expect a reasonable

level of leadership and protection within our communities from appointed sources. Conversely,

according to the assigned Course Guide (2018) reading, “it is hard to find a single, simple

definition of public safety administration.”

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Course Guide. (2018). UMUC PSAD 302: Introduction to Public Safety Administration[Online serial]. Retrieved from URL.

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week 1 discussion 1 – Greg Daclan Greg Daclan posted Feb 1, 2018 8:13 AM Subscribe

There many definitions of public safety administration, but the one that shall be used for this class is one from Robert A. Cropf, who defined it as “the managerial and political processes that occur in the executive, legislative, and judicial branches for the purposes of creating, implementing, and assessing public policy.” The public policy here refers to as “any decision-making done on behalf of or affecting the public, especially that which is done by government.” This can mean the public safety administration can be described as : a collective group who reviews areas of both physical locations and work guidelines, and checks them to see if they satisfy the guidelines for protecting the lives from both death and injury in those cases.

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Ray – Week 1 Patrick Ray posted Jan 31, 2018 9:28 PM Subscribe

I would define public safety administration as the carrying out of government policy to insure the safety and well being of the citizens. Public safety administrators work adjacent to the policy makers to administer and enforce developed policies. The responsibility of enforcing policy brings a great burden on the public safety administrators to accurately interrupt the policy and enforce h hil f b i d h iless

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Week 1 Discussion 1 Richard Weldon posted Jan 31, 2018 9:26 AM Subscribe

Public safety administration is the discipline which government, N.P.O., and outside agencies tasked with all matters related to public health, crime prevention, environmental and non-environmental disasters plan, operate, and respond to ensure the highest level of safety of the general public and the organization’s employees.

Public safety administration is interdisciplinary field because it incorporates a number of topics including health, law, criminal justice, emergency management and business. Theoretically, any social institution can be involved in Public Safety administration. For instance, many companies have security departments who are responsible for safety and emergency planning for their employees, customers and other stakeholders. Therefore, a proper definition of Public Safety

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Ray: Week 1 Patrick Ray posted Jan 31, 2018 11:23 PM Subscribe

1. Police

2. Fire

3. Life Guards

4. Park Rangers

5. Health and Human Services – The stake holders of health and human services would be those that benefit from there services or receive accolades for their success. Those benefiting would include women and children displaced by violence, homeless, elderly lacking financial stability to name a few. The individuals or groups responsible for enacting policy and providing the services would also be stakeholders.

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Week 1 discussion 2 Richard Weldon posted Jan 31, 2018 9:27 AM Subscribe

Within the field of Public Safety there are a number of organizations that operate in each community to accomplish the same goal. Some of these organizations are;

Fire departments- Fire departments are found in almost every community and are tasked with responding to and preventing fire. Most Fire departments are also merged with Rescue Departments. These organizations are tasked with emergency medical response and public safety tasks like vehicle extraction.

Hospitals- Hospitals provide medical care and become extremely important when it comes to mass casualty events.

Police departments- Police are a critical resource in the community. Police are tasked with crime response and prevention. Many Police Departments include

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special units like intelligence and S.W.A.T.

Jails and Prisons- The correctional system is usually a forgotten department when most consider public safety. Jails and prisons are tasked with protecting the general public from those citizens deemed unfit to reside in our communities as well as rehabilitating those men and woman in order to become contributing members of society.

Emergency management offices-Most county and state governments are or have created offices or departments that are tasked with emergency preparedness, response, recovery and mitigation. These departments are complex because they not only have to manage the development of their own programming but also must coordinate with other departments that would be involved in the event of an emergency.

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Public safety agencies are bodies or institutions commissioned with the tasks of administrating over the concern of public safety and ensure a sense of security or

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Week One Discussion Two -Travis Chase Travis Chase posted Jan 31, 2018 7:43 PM Subscribe

1.  Fire Department

2. Police Department

3. Hospital

4. Military

5. Office of Unified Communications

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The Fire Department’s stakeholders are the public.  I believe they are the stakeholders because the city residents are the taxpayers who pay a portion of their taxes to fund the local fire department. I believe if the public is funding a portion of the fire department, then they should have a say in the services they receive