Line of Duty Funeral Planning Joe Dougherty Utah Division of Emergency Management Steve Sautter Unified Fire Authority/Salt Lake County Emergency Management
Sadly, we’ve done this before • • • • • •
Sgt. Derek Johnson, Draper, 2013 Sgt. Cory Wride, Utah County, 2014 Officer Doug Barney, Unified Police, 2016 Officer Cody Brotherson, West Valley, 2016 Trooper Eric Ellsworth, UHP, 2016 Firefighter Tyson Mason, SLC Fire, 2017
Considerations
A typical timeline • Notification – the clock starts • Media inquiries • PIO Association first contact
A typical timeline • The rush turns to a lull • Funeral planning goes into 5th gear • Media briefing
A typical timeline • Day before the funeral - Viewing • Day of the funeral • Afterward
Other Considerations • Family liaison • Program planning: Printing, speaker details and clergy contact • Gift receiving: Many gifts will come at the services • Out of state guests need a liaison • Ushers-PIOs/Youth Cadets
Other considerations: UDOT Traffic Management Division • UDOT Traffic Management Division Groups • Operations • Mobility • Traffic Signals • Traveler Information • ATMS Maintenance • ITS Deployment • • • • •
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UDOT’s Role in Providing Traveler Information • Pre-event • During the event • Following the event
How UDOT Can Help • To provide traveler information • Retiming traffic signals adjacent to procession routes to help with traffic congestion • UDOT Traffic app resources for event organizers
Other Considerations • Anniversaries • Fallen officer tributes and memorials • Future similar incidents (inside or outside of your agency
Other Considerations
Aaron Crim West Valley City Aaron.crim@wvc-ut.gov
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Line of Duty Funeral Planning Joe Dougherty Utah Division of Emergency Management jdougherty@utah.gov Steve Sautter Unified Fire Authority/Salt Lake County Emergency Management ssautter@unifiedfire.org