Introduction: Exploring the Role of Law Enforcement in Emergency Management Throughout 2020

Law enforcement remains a cornerstone within emergency management, serving as a vital resource in effective prevention, preservation, and response efforts. With such overlap, clearly defining both emergency management and law enforcement in this context is antecedently necessary.

Emergency management is the organization and administration of critical responsibilities and resources that serves two pain purposes:

This practical application and process orientation remains rooted in public administration that adheres to a sequence of event independent and event-driven management cycle of programmatic activities related to mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery (McEntire, 2015; Perry & Lindell, 2007). Fig. I.1 and Table I.1 clearly depict the cycle-based framework for emergency management and each associated major activity for each segment.