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Emergency Preparedness, Response and Situational Awareness

Chester County, PA, Manhunt/Escaped Prisoner D. Cavalcante

Tuesday, August 6, 2024

1:30 PM – 2:30 PM

Location: Orange County Convention Center, W209

CEU: 1

Main Presenter(s)

Jason Suydam

Chief Deputy Deputy Director for Law Enforcement Services
Chester County Sheriff's Office Chester County Department of Emergency Services
West Chester, Pennsylvania

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Co-Presenter(s)

JM

Justin McClure

Deputy Director for Fire Services
County of Chester
WM

William C. Meadowcroft, Jr.

Deputy Director For Emergency Communications
County of Chester
West Chester, Pennsylvania
WM

Warren Messerschmidt

Director
County of Chester

On August 31, 2023, just days after being convicted and sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his ex-girlfriend, Danelo Cavalcante escaped from the Chester County Prison in Pennsylvania, triggering a manhunt by law enforcement officials that would last 14 days and span across Chester County before his capture on September 13, 2023. The manhunt received significant media attention in both the United States and Brazil. This presentation will share a view of the public safety operations that were conducted to successfully resolve this escape.

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this presentation, participants will have obtained tools and ideas to become highly adaptive to rapidly expanding incidents in the public safety environment.
At the conclusion of this presentation, participants will be able to improve response strategies with their home agency based on lessons learned at this high risk/low frequency incident.
At the conclusion of this presentation, participants will have learned tools to effectively manage public and stakeholder communications during an highly publicized incident.