| Emergency shelters are the temporary places to | | | | evacuated, and the members are transferred to |
| live. They are not permanent homes for the | | | | a safe place. There is no place better than the |
| residents. They are a blessing for them when | | | | emergency shelters. At the emergency-shelters |
| they are passing through the adverse situation | | | | the victim family are provided with all the basic |
| and need help. An emergency shelter is a living | | | | necessities. In addition, proper counselling is |
| place, where the residents feel safe and | | | | provided to help them to get out of the trauma. |
| protected. They are of many types, depending on | | | | Moreover, temporary shelters or tents are used |
| the situation and requirement. The most common | | | | by the security personnel themselves. Instead of |
| type is the simple tents, which are built under the | | | | moving all the clues to the laboratory or |
| emergency situations for the victims. They can | | | | somewhere to the office, a setup is established in |
| also be in the form of pre-fabricated homes. | | | | the emergency-shelters. The presence of the |
| These fabricated small homes are used for an | | | | emergency-shelter near the crime spot increases |
| extended period of time. They are always light in | | | | the efficiency of the case solution. This also |
| weight so that they can be transported easily to | | | | mediates the immediate access, thus making the |
| the sight of need. | | | | work easier. |
| They are assembled for several purposes. The | | | | One of the main purposes of police is to provide |
| emergency shelters are the site of protection for | | | | protection to the citizens. Under the abnormal |
| the victims of any disaster like earth quake, flood | | | | circumstances in some countries, the availability of |
| or hurricane. They serve as home for the socially | | | | the police at corner of every street is necessary; |
| neglected people or those who have passed | | | | in such cases, the emergency-shelters are |
| through any trauma and have no place to live. | | | | employed. Moreover, when the police department |
| They can also be used in the police work or the | | | | is on a certain mission, they need to stay near |
| forensic work. | | | | the area of the operation to make it a successful |
| These places are not necessarily makeshift | | | | one. This purpose is well-served by the |
| shelters. The large buildings that serve the | | | | emergency-shelters. |
| purpose of protection under the abnormal | | | | These emergency-shelters or tents are very |
| circumstances are also termed as the | | | | useful during the training phase in the police. Apart |
| emergency-shelters. | | | | from the training institutes, the under training |
| When we talk about the emergency-shelters in | | | | officers visit many harsh places, where the |
| relation to the police work, they serve as the | | | | emergency-shelters are their temporary resting |
| shelters for the victims of crimes. Sometimes it | | | | places. |
| happens that a family or a particular person | | | | So, the emergency-shelters are very helpful in |
| becomes victim of an odious crime like murder or | | | | such situations as they provide a sense of |
| theft. In such cases, in order to trace the culprit, | | | | security for the people passing through the |
| the police needs to use many techniques, the | | | | trauma, and help the police to work more |
| most basic of which is to preserve the clues. To | | | | efficiently. |
| meet the purpose, the house has to be | | | | |