Meeting Name: Emergency Management and Regional Security Committee Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 10/19/2022 12:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Virtual meeting
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22-6004 1  Committee MinutesCOMMITTEE MINUTES Approval of the minutes from the meeting of 10/23/2019approvePass Action details Not available
22-5347 1 Resolution regarding EMRS meetingResolutionPROPOSED RESOLUTION REQUESTING A MEETING OF THE COOK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND REGIONAL SECURITY COMMITTEE TO RECEIVE AN UPDATE FROM THE NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND REGIONAL SECURITY WHEREAS, The Cook County Department of Emergency Management and Regional Security (“EMRS”) enhances the safety and security of Cook County and its residents by working to build capacity to prevent, protect against, mitigate the effects of, respond to, and recover from all incidents, both human-caused and natural. EMRS is responsible for coordinating the County’s response to a large-scale emergency or disaster. On a day-to-day basis, EMRS supports municipalities by providing guidance and coordinating resources as needed, including to suburban law enforcement partners; and WHEREAS, EMRS is not a law enforcement entity, the Department has limited authority and ability to assist with responding to violence and crime specifically. If local law enforcement requests assistance from EMRS, it would typically be in the form of equipment requests such as lightrecommend for receiving and filingPass Action details Not available