The document outlines the requirements for an information paper on the legal framework surrounding the Department of Homeland Security's jurisdiction, mission, and responsibilities. It emphasizes the need to analyze various hazards, including manmade and natural, as well as different forms of terrorism, for a newly established local office of homeland security. The report should also provide an overview of relevant state laws, summarize key points, and include recommendations for city leadership.

1. You will develop a formal information paper that addresses the
legal basis of current Department of Homeland Security
jurisdiction, mission, and responsibilities. You will need to
specifically analyze hazards, to include manmade or
technological and naturally occurring hazards, and terrorism,
domestic and foreign, in the information paper.
You are an action officer in your local jurisdiction's Office of
Homeland Security. This is a recently created office. As a
medium-size jurisdiction, the city manager's office has dual
responsibilities in many of the leadership and management
positions. This is often referred to as being dual-hatted. The
chief of police has been assigned as the director of the Office of
Homeland Security for the city. She has no prior experience or
knowledge of the requirements involved in homeland security
and has asked you to provide a formal report on the topic. The
chief intends to share this report with other office managers,
city department heads, the city manager, and the elected
officials of the city (mayor and city council).
Your report is an information paper and should be formatted as
such. The report should address the following items:
The legal basis of current Department of Homeland Security
jurisdiction, mission, and responsibilities
Legal definitions of hazards, to include manmade or
technological and naturally occurring hazards
Legal definitions of terrorism, domestic and foreign
Review of state law and statutes (using your home or residency
state) as it applies to hazards

2. Review of state law and statutes (using your home or residency
state) as it applies to terrorism
Summarize your top 5 key points
Provide any recommendations that you may have to your city's
leadership concerning homeland security issues
Reference all source material and citations using APA 6th
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