Mexico's National Command and Control Center Challenges and Successes
Abstract
Secretaria de Seguridad Publica (The Secretariat of Public Security or SSP) has a work force of nearly 30,800 police personnel and is one of the largest agencies in Mexico and Latin Americas. SSP is uniquely responsible for maintaining law and order and responding to civilian emergencies throughout Mexico. SSP has recently built a National Control Center (NCC) in Mexico City to plan for, respond to and recover from regional and national disasters. This modern underground center, often referred to in this paper as the Bunker, collocates with Mexican Army and Navy. Some of the design and deployment of technologies were funded by the Merida Initiative providing United States aid to Mexico. The Bunker project empowers the SSP and other key agencies with standardized core competencies in incident management processes, protocols, and operational capabilities. Its mission is to improve public safety by more effective monitoring, assessing, responding, and recovering from national emergencies and disasters. This paper introduces the Bunker project and its architecture. It discusses the major challenges that this project faced, and how it overcame those challenges to become one of the premier command-and-control facilities in the world.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 2011
- Accession Number
- ADA547202
Entities
People
- Alex Bonino
- Andres P. Pimentel
- Francisco Niembro
- Fred Schellenberg
- Genaro G. Luna
- Greg Mosley
- Maribel C. Guerrero
- Pranesh Tarikere
- Venu Sarakki