POLICE DEPARTMENT

SITUATION ROOM

  

THE SITUATION ROOM IS DESIGNED AS A SMALLER VERSION OF THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER IN ORDER TO PROVIDE REDUNDANT CAPABILITY TO SENIOR STAFF ENGAGED IN CENTRAL COMMAND AND CONTROL FUNCTIONS FOR CITY/REGIONAL EMERGENCIES. IT IS NOT UNCOMMON FOR BOTH ROOMS TO OPERATE DURING THE SAME EVENT IN ORDER TO AID IN DETAILED PLANNING ACTIVITIES/OPERATIONS.  THE SITUATION ROOM MAY ALSO OPERATE INDEPENDENTLY ON SMALLER EVENTS WHICH REQUIRE ALLIED AGENCY COORDINATION.

LIKE THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER (EOC), THIS ROOM IS ALSO COMPLETELY SELF-SUFFICIENT, WITH DOUBLE REDUNDANCY ON ALL SYSTEMS AND THE ADDITIONAL SAFEGUARD OF GENERATOR BACK-UP

THE ROOM IS EQUIPPED WITH

• MULTIPLE MEDIA MONITORING AND RECORDING POINTS
• ROUTINE AND SECURE VIDEO CONFERENCING CAPABILITIES
• SELF-CONTAINED PUBLIC SAFETY DISPATCHING ABILITY
• MONITORING CAPABILITIES FOR ALL KNOWN RADIO FREQUENCIES
• HIGH SPEED INTERNET AND FAX, COMPUTER AIDED DISPATCHING AND RECORDS MANAGEMENT CAPABILITY
• ON-LINE ACCESS TO THE STATEWIDE EMERGENCY BROADCAST SYSTEM (EDIS AND AMBER ALERTS)
• MULTIPLE DIGITAL TELEPHONES (SECURE AND NON-SECURE) FOR ACCESS TO OTHER COMMAND AND CONTROL CENTERS NATIONWIDE
• PUBLIC TELEPHONE SYSTEM OVERRIDE (USED IN NATIONAL SECURITY/EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS SITUATIONS)
• MSAT SATELLITE TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS
• DIRECT SATELLITE LINK TO THE CALIFORNIA OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES WARNING CENTERAND FEMA
• SATELLITE BASED CENTRALIZED TIME SYSTEM

  MSAT –  ORBITS 22,500 MILES ABOVE THE EQUATOR