DRNC- National Political Convention Assignment (Written Exercise Due Module 8) Directions 1. Read the DRNC Scenario, assignment instructions, resources, and grading criteria. 2. Work on your answers to the Written Exercises in the assignment instructions. 3. Submit Written Exercise 8 - DRNC to the Assignment box no later than Saturday 11:59 PM EST/EDT. (This Assignment box maybe linked to Turnitin.) 4. Post Written Exercise 8 - DRNC to the Written Exercise 8 Discussion Board no later than Saturday 11:59 PM EST/EDT. 5. Post Responses to at least three classmates’ Written Exercise 8-DRNC no than Sunday 11:59 PM EST/EDT. DRNC Scenario This scenario corresponds with Course Objective E: Identify related scientific disciplines used in forensic science cases and summarize how these disciplines can be utilized in a variety of crime scenes. The following story is a fictional account of planning and preparation leading up to the mythical Democratic-Republican National Convention (DRNC) event in Miami, Florida. The story is loosely based on an amalgamation of real life occurrences in the lead up to the Free Trade Area of the Americas conference in Miami, Florida in 2003. The names of all the characters in the story are fictional. Background For the DRNC event, Miami-Dade County has formed a Host Committee, similar to the model used for the Super Bowl Host Committees of the past. The Host Committee is a small group of 15 appointed personnel from various county and municipal agencies, as well as the private sector. Miami-Dade Police Department Director Melanie Duncan is one of the committee members. The Host Committee is chaired by Mr. Horace Copeland, a long-time assistant to the County Manager, Miguel Herrera. The purpose of the Host Committee is to plan for the overall event. As such, they are responsible for recommending policy, but not for enacting policy. The enactment of policy remains the ultimate responsibility of the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC). The Democratic-Republican National Party (DRNP) has designated Ms. Cassandra Armand as its chair of the DRNC’s Committee on Arrangements (COA). The COA is the main organizer from the DRNP for this event. Ms. Armand and Mr. Copeland from the Host Committee work hand-in- hand to plan this event and their recommendations to the BOCC carry considerable weight for policy formulation. Miami-Dade Police has been designated as the lead local agency and lead operational planner for the event security. This policy differs significantly from the 2003 FTAA in which the City of Miami was designated as the lead local agency. Since this event meets the criteria of a National Special Security Event (NSSE), the U.S. Secret Service has been designated as the lead coordinating agency with overarching statutory authority for the planning and execution of the event. Supervisory Special Agent Samantha Salerno has been appointed as the lea ...

1. DRNC- National Political Convention Assignment
(Written Exercise Due Module 8)
Directions
1. Read the DRNC Scenario, assignment instructions, resources,
and grading criteria.
2. Work on your answers to the Written Exercises in the
assignment instructions.
3. Submit Written Exercise 8 - DRNC to the Assignment box no
later than Saturday 11:59
PM EST/EDT. (This Assignment box maybe linked to Turnitin.)
4. Post Written Exercise 8 - DRNC to the Written Exercise 8
Discussion Board no later
than Saturday 11:59 PM EST/EDT.
5. Post Responses to at least three classmates’ Written Exercise
8-DRNC no than Sunday
11:59 PM EST/EDT.
DRNC Scenario
This scenario corresponds with Course Objective E: Identify
related scientific disciplines used in
forensic science cases and summarize how these disciplines can
be utilized in a variety of crime
scenes.

2. The following story is a fictional account of planning and
preparation leading up to the mythical
Democratic-Republican National Convention (DRNC) event in
Miami, Florida. The story is loosely
based on an amalgamation of real life occurrences in the lead up
to the Free Trade Area
of the Americas conference in Miami, Florida in 2003. The
names of all the characters in the story
are fictional.
Background
For the DRNC event, Miami-Dade County has formed a Host
Committee, similar to the model
used for the Super Bowl Host Committees of the past. The Host
Committee is a small group of 15
appointed personnel from various county and municipal
agencies, as well as the private sector.
Miami-Dade Police Department Director Melanie Duncan is one
of the committee members. The
Host Committee is chaired by Mr. Horace Copeland, a long-time
assistant to the County
Manager, Miguel Herrera. The purpose of the Host Committee
is to plan for the overall event.
As such, they are responsible for recommending policy, but not
for enacting policy. The
enactment of policy remains the ultimate responsibility of the
Board of County Commissioners
(BOCC).
The Democratic-Republican National Party (DRNP) has
designated Ms. Cassandra Armand as its
chair of the DRNC’s Committee on Arrangements (COA). The
COA is the main organizer from
the DRNP for this event. Ms. Armand and Mr. Copeland from
the Host Committee work hand-in-

3. hand to plan this event and their recommendations to the BOCC
carry considerable weight for
policy formulation.
Miami-Dade Police has been designated as the lead local agency
and lead operational planner
for the event security.
This policy differs significantly from the 2003 FTAA in which
the City of Miami was designated as
the lead local agency.
Since this event meets the criteria of a National Special
Security Event (NSSE), the U.S. Secret
Service has been designated as the lead coordinating agency
with overarching statutory authority
for the planning and execution of the event. Supervisory
Special Agent Samantha Salerno has
been appointed as the lead agent in-charge for the event.
Neither the Miami Police Department (MPD), nor Miami-Dade
Police Department (MDPD) have
the forensic assets adequate to handle such a large-scale event
by themselves. It would take
some degree of shared responsibility between MPD and MDPD,
as well as some of the 30+ other
incorporated areas such as Miami Beach, Hialeah, and Coral
Gables. Due to the influx of tens of
thousands of delegates, visitors, and protestors, it is expected
that the forensic processing and
evidence retention for a mass number of assaults, larcenies and
other crimes will increase

4. considerably during the week of the event. It is clear that a
multi-agency approach such as the
ones used for the 2003 FTAA Conference, the 2004 Presidential
Debates, and the Super Bowls
of 2007 and 2010 must be employed for this large-scale special
event as well.
Organization charts of the Security and Public Safety
Subcommittee, as well as from the 2007
Super Bowl are provided for your reference.
Assignment Instructions
For the purpose of this assignment, you are playing the role of
Major Susan Barker, the
commander of the Crime Scene Investigations Bureau of the
Miami-Dade Police Department
(MDPD). MDPD Director Melanie Duncan has appointed you as
the chairperson of the Crime
Scene Investigations Workgroup under the Security & Public
Safety Subcommittee in preparation
for the DRNC special event. The organizational structure for the
Security & Public Safety
Subcommittee will mirror the one used for the 2007 Super
Bowl. Your Crime Scene Investigations
Workgroup can be seen highlighted in bright yellow on the
attached org chart.
Your job is to assemble your Crime Scene Investigations
Workgroup from the various stakeholder
agencies that will be involved in the DRNC special event. After
determining who should be in
your workgroup, you are to prepare a meeting agenda that
identifies the likely key issues
associated with crime scene investigations during the DRNC.
Some of the key issues are:

5. 1. Who defrays the cost of CSI to each agency?
2. Who will handle what specific portions/categories of crimes
and resulting evidence?
3. Who directs the overall forensic task force?
4. Where should evidence be retained and eventually
consolidated for pending trials?
5. Will any Part 1 crimes that occur be processed by the larger
agencies only?
6. Will agency CSI be pooled or remain autonomous? Who
commands if pooled?
7. Who pays for advanced ordering of needed supplies and
equipment?
8. How will the chain of custody be established and who is
included?
The purpose of this assignment is not to answer these questions.
Instead, you are to identify the
key participants and assemble a workgroup that will collectively
address these concerns, and that
will later make recommendations to the chair of the Security &
Public Safety Subcommittee. In
this assignment, you will prepare a written meeting agenda that
identifies the key participants who
you are inviting to the first meeting of the Crime Scene
Investigations Workgroup, and that
addresses the key issues associated with the DRNC event.
Resources
DRNC Host Committee Task Force Org Chart
2007 Super Bowl Org Charts
Grading Criteria

6. Your work will be graded on the following criteria:
student identified the key stakeholders that need to be
invited to the first meeting of
the Crime Scene Investigations Workgroup.
expected to address.
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Super Bowl XLI
Miami-Dade County, Florida
February 2007
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Super Bowl Public Safety Planning Committee
Host Committee

7. Public Safety
Planning Committee
Command & Control
Operations
Joint Operations
Command
(JOC)
Intelligence Operations
Center (IOC)
Joint Information Center
(JIC)
Emergency Operations
Center
(EOC)
Fire Rescue Operations
Command
Special OPS
Technical Rescue
HAZMAT
Communications
Logistics

8. USAR
Field Operations
Broward County
Broward Sheriff’s Office
Ft. Lauderdale PD
Davie PD
Hollywood PD
Seminole Tribe PD
Hallandale PD
Miami-Dade County
MDPD
Miami PD
Miami Beach PD
Coral Gables PD
Hialeah PD
Specialized Operations
Aviation
Maritime

9. VIP Escorts
Investigations
Tactical Operations
SWAT/WMD
Bomb/Canine Mgt.
Center
Dignitary Protection/
Intergovernmental
Technical Operations
X-Ray Screening
Mail Screening
Credentialing
Crime Scene
Communications
Tech Support
Liaison
Legal

10. Department of Defense
National Guard
Host Committee
Liaison
NFL Operations Liaison
EOD / Canine Workgroup
Co-
Chairpersons
MDPD
FBI
MDPD
Bomb
Squad
FBI
ATF
Miami PD
Bomb
Squad
Broward
County SO

11. Bomb
Squad
MDPD
Canine Unit
Palm Beach
SO
Bomb
Squad
Fla Nat.
Guard
44th Civil
Support
Team
US Dept. of
Energy
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Joint All Hazards

12. Response Teams (J-HRT)
J-HRT Team Composition
MDPD
Lead Worker
FBI
Special Agent
SABT
ATF
Special Agent
EEO
FBI or MDFRD
Hazmat Tech
44th Civil
Support Team
+ DOE attachments
J-HRT Teams
EOD Supervisor
J-HRT 1
Dolphin Stadium East

13. J-HRT 2
Dolphin Stadium West &
NFLX
J-HRT 3
Stadium Interior Ground
Level
J-HRT 4
Stadium Interior 100 Level
J-HRT 5
Stadium Interior 200-300
Level
J-HRT 6
Stadium Interior 400 Level
EOD Operations
EOD Operations
HDT Team 1
Stadium Inner
Perimeter

14. HDT Team 2
Stadium Inner
Perimeter
HDT Team 3
Outside Perimeter* -
West
HDT Team 4
Outside Perimeter -
East
HDT Team 5
Countywide Response
HDT Team 6
Countywide Response
HDT Team 7
(VACIS / ARTS)
HDT Team 8
(VACIS / ARTS)
EOD – Explosives Ordnance Disposal
HDT – Hazardous Devices Team

15. SABT – Special Agent Bomb Tech (FBI)
EEO – Explosives Enforcement Officers (ATF)
DRNC Host Committee Task
Force
Host Committee Membership
Horace
Copeland
Chairperson
Charles Pope
President
Miami Chamber
of Commerce
Miguel Herrera
Miami-Dade
County Manager
Cassandra
Armand
DRNC
Committee on

16. Arrangements
Melanie Duncan
MDPD Director
Penelope Johns
Director of the
Miami-Dade
Tourism Council
Robert Waters
MDFRD Director
Harold Johnson
Director of the
Port of Miami
Jean-Louis
Joseph
City of Miami PD
Chief
Horace
Copeland
Chairperson
Don Lundberg
Miami-Dade

17. Transportation
Authority
Felicia
Fontaine
FBI Miami
Office
Gregory
Jameson
ATF Miami
Office
Samantha
Salerno
U.S. Secret
Service
Subcommittees
Host Committee
Chairperson
Horace Copeland
Security & Public
Safety
Samantha Salerno ASAC, US
Secret Service

18. Media & Public
Relations
Jamie Thrumston
Hospitality
Tia Delaney
Transportation
Don Lundberg, Miami-Dade
Transportation Authority
Liaison to the DRNC
Committee on
Arrangements
Cassandra Armand
County & City Govt.
Liaison
Gus Orton
Security & Public Safety Subcommittee
Chairperson & Lead
Federal Coordinator
Samantha Salerno ASAC,
US Secret Service
Felicia Fontaine, ASAC

19. FBI Miami
Melanie Duncan,
Director
Miami-Dade Police
Department*
Gregory Jameson, SAC
ATF Miami
Robert Waters, Director
Miami-Dade Fire-Rescue
Department
Jean-Louis Joseph,
Chief Miami Police
Department
Geoff Goldman, Chief
Miami Beach Police
Department
* MDPD has been designated as the lead local agency for
security.