LAW ENFORCEMENT ARCHIVES
Field Testing or LRN Laboratories – Why Not Both?
Rob Schnepp
May 20, 2009
First responders & emergency managers must make many difficult decisions. One of the most consequential involves choosing between the field testing of potential biological agents at the scene of an incident & the safer but slower option of waiting for verified lab results.
Worst-Case Scenario: Pakistan Falls to the Taliban
Neil C. Livingstone
May 20, 2009
Israel & India could be first in the line of fire if the resurgent terrorist group gains control of Islamabad’s nuclear arsenal, but the United States would not be immune from attacks that could potentially evolve into a global nuclear holocaust.
License Plate Readers: Automated Situational Awareness
Rodrigo (Roddy) Moscoso
May 13, 2009
LPR systems are resented by drivers who are caught speeding and/or running stoplights. The same technology can be used, though, to quickly identify stolen cars and for other equally important law-enforcement tasks.
Federal Homeland Security Grant Tail Wags Far Larger State and Local Spending Dog
Matt Mayer
May 12, 2009
An analysis of federal, state, and local homeland security budgets.
The Beslan School Massacre: A Threat with No Easy Solutions
Patrick D. Bird and Michael Allswede
May 6, 2009
The 2004 Chechen massacre of almost 400 students, parents, and teachers at Beslan School Number 1 shocked the entire world. The United States learned numerous lessons from that horrifying incident – but has yet to translate them into its own preparedness plans.
Green Building Plus Greater Safety Equals Survival
Joseph Cahill
April 22, 2009
Emergency management is an evolving discipline that requires a progressive emergency manager to fulfill new and expanding requirements for success. Successful leaders in this field follow a systematic problem-solving process and excel at coordinating multiple agencies and information sources rather than simply being experts in one subject. The seven and
Needed: More Effective Resources for Homeland Security
Dennis R. Schrader
April 22, 2009
Few if any states will reject federal funds earmarked for any purpose or program. But recent analyses suggest that a high percentage of federal-level allocations for local homeland-security plans and programs are not as well targeted as they should be.
TWIC Program Close to Full Implementation
Corey Ranslem
April 22, 2009
Most U.S. ports are now safer from sabotage and terrorist attacks than ever before in recent years. The safety imperative will soon be upgraded even more when the new Transportation Workers Identification Card regulations become SOP at all of the nation’s ports.
Funding & Capabilities: A New Look at DHS Grants
Timothy Beres
April 15, 2009
A new look at how DHS grant funds are being spent should be a major priority of the Obama administration. It will be difficult to find fault with the earlier focus on equipment, but it seems obvious that the previously neglected “planning factor” also deserves greater emphasis.
First-Person Report: Operation ‘CAMCO’ and How It Grew
John J. Burke
April 15, 2009
A first-person report from a veteran firefighter and incident-management professional tells how the Town of Sandwich, Mass., and local military units joined forces to synergistically enhance their individual and collective disaster-response capabilities.
A Consuming Need: Improved Security in the Food Chain
Steven Harrison
April 8, 2009
Safeguarding the nation’s food supply – from the farm to the fork, so to speak – is not only mandatory for health reasons but also, and increasingly, a national-defense/homeland-security requirement as well.
Food Safety: A Few Questions for the U.S. Government
Diana Hopkins
April 8, 2009
Most Americans eat too much and too often. Solving that problem is a personal dietary responsibility. Protecting the nation’s global food chain, though, is the government’s responsibility – one previously neglected, but now receiving close attention from a slim new president.
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