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DB 3 Managing Public Safety Organizations and Institutions_Intro to Public Safety Administration

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Q Choose one department or program that is either part of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), such as the U.S. Coast Guard, or any department that, though outside or external to DHS, also undertakes homeland security and public safety functions, such as the Department of Agriculture. Using materials from the class reading, Power Point, and from the department's website, discuss the following: a. Mission(s) of the department. b. Brief description of the organizational structrure c. Brief description of linkages with other units in DHS or outside it to perform security functions d. Discussion of the role played by the department/program in a recent disaster/crisis

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For research purpose, this discussion focuses on the Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) department of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), whose mission is to prevent the occurrence of terrorism through thorough research and implementation of the systematically and scientifically derived knowledge. Their main agenda is to ensure that the operations of the DHS are done as effectively and securely as possible and apply innovative and engineered tactics to aid delivering of solutions on time.