Compare and contrast the pre and post 9/11 law enforcement response to terrorism. What strategies could be implemented to increase future law enforcement capability in countering terrorism? “We’re in a new world. We’re in a world in which the possibility of terrorism‚ married up with technology‚ could make us very‚ very sorry that we didn’t act.” (Rice‚ 2002). Law enforcement response to counter-terrorism fundamentally changed as a result of the unprecedented events of September 11th 2001 in
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It is very difficult to recruit qualified candidates for law enforcement positions due to the following reasons: Good economy - When the economy is good‚ many youths will not see the reason as why they will seek law enforcement work and thus abscond from the recruitment process completely rather than going to try their lack. So real economy plays a bigger part in denying law enforcement people who are qualified according to the recruitment policy Many jobs in the private sectors - Many jobs in
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International Law and Terrorism Some ‘Qs & As’ for Operators By Colonel Charles J. Dunlap‚ Jr.‚ USAF * The events of 11 September 2001 present military lawyers—like the rest of the U.S. armed forces—with a variety of new challenges. Indeed‚ the war on terrorism raises complex legal issues (not the least of which is whether it is a “war” at all!). As difficult as it may be to determine what law applies to a particular question‚ the even more challenging task is to translate the legal analysis
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Trauma in Law Enforcement ABSTRACT All police officers experience a critical incident at one point in their careers. Each person handles the stress from these situations differently. For some officers‚ the traumatic incident causes minimal disruption in their daily routine and is considered nothing short of an unfortunate situation they have gained valuable knowledge from. For many others‚ however‚ the stress of these events becomes debilitating and intervention is necessary. This paper researched
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[The law enforcement community has a vast number of agencies‚ from federal‚ state and local systems. They have gone through many transitions over the almost two hundred years of organized police agencies. In this paper we will discuss the organizational structures of policing agencies‚ communication patterns within and outside of the agencies‚ and the trends in the approach to the policing function. In exploring this issues we can identify the changes to the field over the years and changes that
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In the recent past‚ law enforcement in various parts of the world has come under serious threat from different types of media. In the United States‚ law enforcement agencies argue that their work is greatly affected by the misrepresentation made by the electronic‚ print‚ and social media (Colbran‚ 2014). They fear that in the contemporary world‚ social media platforms such as YouTube‚ Facebook‚ and Twitter are negatively affecting their work and playing a major role in the rising cases of violence
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Police officers face many challenges when trying to maintain communities’ safe and crime free. Over the last two years there has been a major surge in the amount of communication devices available to the public and the amount of news coverage that we are exposed to. “The public has increasingly turned to cable television‚ the Internet‚ and social media for news and information. Social media giants like Facebook and Twitter that were not around 10 years ago today have 1.1 billion and 500 million users
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Review on African American Women in Law Enforcement (Evans Mbogo) Introduction This literature review analyzes the problem of underrepresentation of women in top executive positions in law enforcement in the state of Georgia. The study will provide an analysis of the gaps‚ trends and various occurring problems both in the past and currently regarding how African American Women have been underrepresented in law enforcement agencies. History of the Black
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Law enforcement has been around since the dawn of man‚ and since that day it has been an ever evolving and adapting living thing. This is to meet the needs of those who are under its protection. Different styles of law can be dated back all the way to the cave dwellers‚ from there the Sumerian Rulers‚ Lipitshtar and Eshuma which set standards on what constituted an offense against ones society. As the times went on the need for more standardized laws were created and mandated for larger communities
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Local law enforcement is made up of a city’s police department‚ a sheriffs department‚ and some small town police departments. The local city police have the job of patrolling the streets for law violators‚ traffic violations‚ criminal investigations‚ and also providing crowd control. Most counties have a sheriffs department that can handle its crimes. The sheriffs department has the responsibility of handling the local jails; they are bailiffs in the local court rooms‚ they are coroners‚ as well
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