Virginia State Police

Description: The Virginia State Police provides state law enforcement and operate dispatch centers to respond to emergencies. Responsible for operating Virginia State Police Centers. Includes Computer Aided Dispatch database, which collects incident/emergency detection, dispatch, response, and status information related to the Virginia State Police officers/equipment. Performed out of division offices. Also responsible for Virginia State Police vehicles.

Inventory Elements:

• VSP Center - MPSTOC
• VSP Mobile Unified Command Center
• VSP Vehicles

Projects:

• I-95 Variable Speed Limits

Roles and Responsibilities:

Emergency Management
• Conduct offensive operations to mitigate a hazardous material emergency
• Supports coordination of evacuation plans among federal state and local transportation, emergency and law enforcement agencies that may be involved in a large scale evacuation
• Coordinates evacuation plans among allied agencies and manages evacuation and reentry of population in the vicinity of a disaster or other emergency that poses as a risk to security
• Performs receiving mayday messages and security alarms, determines an appropriate response, and either uses internal resources or contacts a local agency to provide that response
• Provide emergency response plans or event plans

Freeway and Corridor Management
• Respond to incidents on VDOT interstates
• Coordinate with TOC for incident reponse and management

Incident Management
• Respond to incident reports on VDOT interstates and Dulles Greenway
• Provide CAD integration with regional traffic managemnet agencies and ISPs (such as VTTI clearinghouse for 511)