February 2008

Homeland Security

Guest Editor: Vincent Talucci, Director, State and Provincial Police Division, International Association of Chiefs of Police, Alexandria, Virginia

Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the North American law enforcement community has seen extraordinary change. New homeland security practices, unprecedented partnerships, and the need for a more proactive posture in the protection of the United States and Canada have compelled leaders in state and provincial law enforcement agencies to examine more closely the challenges their organizations faced as a community and how they were positioned to meet these demands. Cover photos courtesy of (clockwise from top right) New Jersey State Police, Pennsylvania State Police, and Ohio State Highway Patrol (both left-hand photos).

Articles

• The Demands and Capacities of Protecting and Policing the Homeland

  By The IACP State and Provincial Police Division Homeland Security Committee and Colonel Rick Fuentes, General Chair, and Superintendent, New Jersey State Police, West Trenton, New Jersey
  Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the North American law enforcement community has seen extraordinary change. New homeland security practices, unprecedented partnerships, and the need...

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• Fusion Centers

  By Colonel Bart R. Johnson (retired), and Shelagh Dorn, Program Research Specialist, New York State Police, Albany, New York
  As a result of the tragic terrorist attacks in New York City, in Pennsylvania, and at the Pentagon on September 11, 2001, law enforcement agencies throughout the country realized there was an immediat...

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• Minimizing the Nuclear Threat: A Local Law Enforcement Strategy

  By Al Goodwyn, Operations Support Directorate, Domestic Nuclear Detection Office, Department of Homeland Security, Washington, D.C.
  A nuclear attack, if carried out, would have consequences for the United States as well as the international community. In spite of these catastrophic consequences, many agencies ignore the vulnerabil...

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• A Campus Plan for Natural and Man-Made Disasters

  By Vincent Brown, Program Specialist, U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, D.C.
  On September 18, 2003, the Virginia State University (VSU) campus, in Petersburg, Virginia, was hit by Hurricane Isabel. After making landfall, Isabel moved across the central part of Virginia, causin...

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• Transformational Leadership and Staff Training in the Law Enforcement Profession

  By Ray Bynum, Corrections Sergeant, Pima County Sheriff's Department, Tucson, Arizona
  Transformational leadership theory is based on the principles of shared leadership, shared vision, and the continuing improvement of the individual.1 Leadership is seen as a social process ...

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