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Virginia State Police

Definition:

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 Division Office
• VSP Mobile Unified Command Center
• VSP Vehicles

Roles and Responsibilities:

Archived Data Systems for Virginia NWR ITS Architecture
• None defined

Commercial Vehicle Operations for Virginia NWR ITS Architecture
• Receive and respond to Mayday messages from vehicles and drivers.

Emergency Management for Virginia NWR ITS Architecture
• Transmit incident information from on-scene public safety to the public safety center via on-board vehicle systems.
• Request signal preemption via short range communication directly from the emergency vehicle to the traffic control equipment on the roadside.
• Dispatch and communication with roadway service patrol vehicles that monitor roads to aid motorists, offering rapid response to minor incidents.
• Take emergency calls and collect information about the caller and the reported emergency.
• Forward, when appropriate, emergency call information to the appropriate response agency.
• Dispatch emergency vehicles to incidents.
• Track location and status of emergency vehicles.
• Gather pertinent incident information and relay it the responding units.
• Plan strategically for emergency response.
• Provide incident information to dispatched public safety personnel via on-board vehicle systems.
• Share information with other public safety agencies via the Emergency Operations Centers to support large-scale incidents and disasters.
• Analyze security sensor data and correlate with surveillance data and alerts from other agencies to detect potential threats.
• Disseminate threat information to other agencies.
• Collect current and forecast road and weather information that is used to more effectively manage incidents.
• Operate and maintain security surveillance devices and analysis of that data to detect potential threats such as at transit stops, transit stations, rest areas, park and ride lots, modal interchange facilities, on-board a transit vehicle, etc.
• Route public safety vehicles to facilitate the quickest/safest arrival either based on real-time traffic information and road conditions or request routes from the traffic management center.
• Provide tactical decision support, resource coordination, and communications integration among public safety agencies for Incident Commands that are established by first responders to support local management of an incident.
• Plan and coordinate evacuation and reentry of a population in the vicinity of a disaster or other emergency that poses a risk to public safety.
• Monitors alerting and advisory systems, information collected by ITS surveillance and sensors, and reports from other agencies in order to identify potential, imminent, or in-progress major incidents or disasters.
• Provide incident notification to other ITS centers to notify the traveling public.
• Operate and maintain security sensors in areas such as transit stops, transit stations, rest areas, park and ride lots, modal interchange facilities, on-board a transit vehicle, etc.
• Gather dispatch and routing information from an emergency vehicle using on-board equipment for vehicle tracking and communications with care facilities.

Freeway Management for Virginia NWR ITS Architecture
• None defined

Incident Management for Virginia NWR ITS Architecture
• Provide tactical decision support, resource coordination, and communications integration among public safety agencies for Incident Commands that are established by first responders to support local management of an incident.
• Plan strategically for emergency response.
• Provide incident information to dispatched public safety personnel via on-board vehicle systems.
• Transmit incident information from on-scene public safety to the public safety center via on-board vehicle systems.
• Share information with other public safety agencies via the Emergency Operations Centers to support large-scale incidents and disasters.

Maintenance and Construction for Virginia NWR ITS Architecture
• Plan strategically for emergency response.
• Collect current and forecast road and weather information that is used to more effectively manage incidents.
• Share information with other public safety agencies via the Emergency Operations Centers to support large-scale incidents and disasters.

Parking Management for Virginia NWR ITS Architecture
• None defined

Surface Street Management for Virginia NWR ITS Architecture
• None defined

Transit Services for Virginia NWR ITS Architecture
• Collect and respond to silent and audible alarms received from travelers in secure areas (such as transit stops, rest areas, park-and-ride lots) and from on-board transit vehicles.
• Share information with other public safety agencies via the Emergency Operations Centers to support large-scale incidents and disasters.
• Operate and maintain security surveillance devices and analysis of that data to detect potential threats such as at transit stops, transit stations, rest areas, park and ride lots, modal interchange facilities, on-board a transit vehicle, etc.
• Operate and maintain security sensors in areas such as transit stops, transit stations, rest areas, park and ride lots, modal interchange facilities, on-board a transit vehicle, etc.
• Disseminate threat information to other agencies.
• Plan strategically for emergency response.
• Analyze security sensor data and correlate with surveillance data and alerts from other agencies to detect potential threats.

Traveler Information for Virginia NWR ITS Architecture
• None defined