The leadership plan for handling the media relations would entail the introduction of a sub-agency that would be working to collect and analyze all the information that results from the care operations. The sub agency would scrutinize the suitability of the data in the eyes of the general public and filter all the elements that would be disastrous to the agency. For example, if there is a case of embezzlement of funds to solve the crisis situation by one of the officials, the media would not only mention the scandal, but would also highlight some of the steps and achievements in the recovery process.
Conclusion
As a public safety leader, there are many decisions that I would be entitled to make when managing a public health emergency problem, such as that of the ongoing Covid-19 crisis. Among the key processes that I would help my agency to undertake is procuring enough staff to the field so as to reduce the implications that the action has on the human resources section. I would also engage other agencies such as the American Red Cross, and use a combination of the authoritarian and democratic leadership styles to manage them.
References
Beilstein, C. M., Lehmann, L. E., Braun, M., Urman, R. D., Luedi, M. M., & Stüber, F. (2020). Leadership in a time of crisis: Lessons learned from a pandemic. Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpa.2020.11.011