[WardFive] Emergency Preparedness - Stay Alert

  

Mayor Muriel Bowser

Metropolitan Police Department

Peter Newsham, Chief of Police

Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency

Christopher Rodriguez, Director

 

‘See Something – Say Something’

iWATCH and Operation TIPP - How You Can Help 

https://mpdc.dc.gov/page/iwatch-and-operation-tipp-how-you-can-help-0

 

The key to success for Operation TIPP—and, ultimately, the key to preventing terrorist incidents in our Nation’s Capital—is cooperation between law enforcement and the community. Operation TIPP is an easy, but extremely valuable way to promote the sharing of information that can be critical to the early detection and prevention of terrorist plots.

 

 

But the program will be only as successful as the extent to which it is used by the community. Here are a few of the ways that the business community can help support this initiative: Educate yourselves and your employees. The information developed for Operation TIPP is easy-to-read, easy-to-understand and customized for specific industry or service groups. Share the information with your executives, supervisors and line employees. Make sure they are clear on what they should be looking for, and what to do when they see something suspicious.  Ask questions. The Distribution Information Teams that the Metropolitan Police Department will dispatch to the community can provide a wealth of information about the program and terrorism in general. Take advantage of their visits and other resources. It’s critical that all industry partners are well versed and vigilant in this area.  Use the hotline. Anti-terrorism leads are developed only when law enforcement has information to analyze and follow up. Generating useful information is the primary purpose of Operation TIPP, so it’s critical that our partners use the hotline and other means for reporting suspicious activity. If you’re not sure about whether something is really suspicious, go ahead and call. It’s better to err on the side of caution. Operation TIPP is a dynamic program, and the MPDC is constantly seeking ways to make the initiative better. If you have ideas on ways to improve the program, or have additional information that you think should be shared via Operation TIPP, please contact the MPDC’s Special Operations Division at (202) 671-6505.

 

Report Suspicious Activity

·         To report immediate threats or emergencies, call 911

·         To report suspicious activity or behavior, call (202) 727-9099

·         Make a report using iWATCH (What is iWATCH?)

 

 

Robert Vinson Brannum

Chairman, NAACP-DC Veterans Committee

Commissioner, Commission on the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday

Board Member, DC Open Government Coalition, Inc.

President Emeritus, DC Federation of Civic Associations, Inc.

Former President, Bloomingdale Civic Association, Inc.

Chairman Emeritus, 5^th District Citizens’ Advisory Council, Inc.

Chairman Emeritus, Ward 5 Democratic Committee

Former Interim Chairman, DC Commission on National and Community Service

Former Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner

Incorporator, National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, Inc.