TERRORISM AND LAW ENFORCEMENT LAURENCE LONGACRE AMERICAN MILITARY UNIVERSITY CMRJ203 Abstract We live in a new world; it is a world where there is the ever growing threat of terrorism. As a result law enforcement has had to change the way it does things in order to respond to the terrorist threat. How has law enforcement evolved in order to respond to the ever changing nature of terrorism as well as maintain the same level of protecting and serving the citizens of The United States. It is
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Impact of Terrorism in Law Enforcement The devastating events of 9/11 provided a forewarning to our country concerning the dangers of terrorism. However‚ it has created a particularly greater impact on the duties and standards expected of law enforcement agencies on all levels (local‚ state‚ and national). Law enforcement has begun implementing new tactics in an effort to prevent future terrorist attacks from threatening our national security. One aspect of policing in which terrorism has brought
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The African continent has suffered from various forms of threats to its peace and stability. These involve environmental degradation‚ poverty‚ diseases‚ hunger‚ drought and wars. Terrorism however‚ is emerging as a serious threat to African peace. Salvatore Freni (2010) points out that terrorism has undergone a number of changes and mutations. Salvatore went on to explain that “new” terrorism elements are rooted in globalization and are characterized by structure of terrorist groups which has evolved
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Homeland security and terrorism Name: Institution: Abstract This paper covers how The Department of Homeland Security combats domestic terrorism in the United States. It takes into account the terrorist problems‚ factions involved and the counter measured imposed. This paper also takes into account the critics levied on the policies outlined in the Department of Homeland Security and solution propositions. The paper achieves this through the Socratic approach which mainly capitalizes on a
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provide advice to the president in situations regarding national security welfare‚ but they also are the successors to the presidency in case the president is compromised in some way. The U.S. Cabinet is made up of departments such as State‚ Justice‚ Housing and Urban Development‚ Health and Human Services‚ and Homeland Security. These cabinet members advise the president on everything from educational policies to terrorist threats to the conservation of national resources to foreign affairs. In
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as the world celebrated the new millennium. Thanks to security at the border a major terrorist attack is averted. There would not be such a good outcome the next time. Less than two years later terrorists unleashed the most terrible attack the United States had ever seen on September 11‚ 2001. After the World Trade - Center towers fell security became a major focus for the United States. There was a formal review of the attacks and U.S. security measures that ended up with the restructuring of many
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Terrorism is “The use of violent acts to frighten the people in an area as a way of trying to achieve a political goal” (merriam-webster.com). Terrorist attacks obtain international attention by targeting specific locations which demonstrate their disagreement on distinct situations both social and political. This acts kill innocent civilians in the pursuit of political or ideological goals. (terrorism-research.com) The first terrorist attack ever reported took place in the 14th century by the
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Intro What are the causes of homeland security threats for the United States? While the above question could be looked at in answer as being extremely broad and cover a wide variety of areas‚ I believe‚ after multiple hours of reading through research articles‚ that the research question being asked could be summarized with a few general ideas. Because of the fact that there are so many types of terrorists‚ the Department of Homeland Security has spent countless hours studying behavioral qualities
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underpin American society. There are three different categories of threats. Natural threats‚ human- cause and accidental/technical threat. “Natural threats include weather problems in both hot and cold climates and also geological hazards like earthquakes‚ tsunamis‚ 18 International Journal of Control and Automation land shifting and volcanic eruption.” (Robles‚ Choi‚ Cho‚ Kim‚ G Park‚ Lee) The human caused threats are referred to as terrorism. “This may include cyber-attacks‚ rioting‚ product tampering
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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) became operational on January 24‚ 2003 60 days after the Senate passed the Homeland Security Act of 2002 into law. The Department of Homeland Security is the third largest cabinet department‚ only after the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs. The Homeland Security Act of 2002‚ Public Law 107-296 was enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress. The Department of Homeland Security
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