February 2009

From November 26 through November 29, 2008, an ongoing and coordinated terrorist attack took place in Mumbai (formerly Bombay), India. By the time the attacks ended, terrorists had killed over 170 and wounded as many as 300 people of various nationalities and ethnicities. The latest of a string of high-profile terrorist attacks around the world, Mumbai serves as a reminder to the international law enforcement community that the need for homeland security—in every country—is greater than ever.

Articles

• First IACP Middle East/North Africa Executive Policing Conference: Doha, Qatar

  By Michael W. Robinson, U.S. Naval Criminal Investigative Service Fellow to the IACP
  The First IACP Middle East/North Africa Executive Policing Conference was held simultaneously with the Seventh International MILIPOL Exhibition of Internal State Security, November 17–19, 2008, in D...

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• Mumbai Terrorist Attacks

  From November 26 through November 29, 2008, an ongoing and coordinated terrorist attack took place in Mumbai (formerly Bombay), India. According to news reports, the intended victims of these attacks ...

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• Policing Terrorism in the United States

  By Michael P. Downing, Deputy Chief and Commanding Officer, Counter-Terrorism and Criminal Intelligence Bureau, Los Angeles, California, Police Department
  Local law enforcement agencies around the world face an increasingly complex set of problems with the emergence of globally coordinated criminal networks and national security threats. Modern-day crim...

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• U.S. Bomb Data Center

  By Donald G. Robinson, Chief, U.S. Bomb Data Center, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, Washington, D.C.
  The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) has been collecting, storing, and analyzing records on explosives and arson incidents since 1975. In 1996, the ATF Arson and Explosi...

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• Weapons of Mass Effect

  By Captain Scott Trudeau, Livermore, California, Police Department
  The newest challenge facing the law enforcement profession is unlike any other it has seen before. Incident planning and event intelligence in conventional times were straightforward. The local crimin...

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• Officer Safety Initiatives of the New York State Association of Chiefs of Police

  By Lloyd Perkins, Chief of Police, Skaneateles, New York, and President, New York State Association of Chiefs of Police; and Mark A. Spawn, Director of Research, Development, and Training, New York State Association of Chiefs of Police
  Organized in 1901, the New York State Association of Chiefs of Police (NYSACOP) has an active membership of more than 600 police executives and supervisors. This membership represents a diverse group ...

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