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Part I
The Nature and Setting
of Police Administration
Chapter 3
Police Administration
and Homeland Security
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Learning Objectives
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Define terrorism and the types of terrorism that exists today.
Examine the terrorist threats to the United States.
Know the various types of weapons of mass destruction.
Understand how homeland security is integrated into the police
organization.
5. Apply the National Response Framework to local law
enforcement.
6. Understand how the National Incident Management System
operates during catastrophes.
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What Is Homeland Security?
• The protection of people and assets within our national
borders through preventive efforts
• The response to a terrorist event by mitigating loss of life and
damages
• Four basic goals:
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Prevent and disrupt terrorist attacks.
Protect the American people, critical infrastructure, and key resources.
Respond to and recover from incidents that do occur.
Continue to strengthen the foundation to ensure long-term success.
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The Role of Homeland Security
• Prevention and response to terrorism
• Prevention, disruption, and protection against hazards
• Mitigating and preventing social trends that disrupt the
American way of life
• Protecting the sovereignty, territory, domestic population, and
critical infrastructure in the United States
• Emphasizing process over outcomes for “Security
Uber Alles”
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Commonalities in Definitions
of Terrorism
• Terrorism involves premeditation.
• Terrorists and their acts are motivated by all sorts of
political agendas.
• Generally, the terrorists’ targets are noncombatants or
civilians, but not always.
• Terrorist groups are generally sub-national or
clandestine groups.
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Types of Terrorism
• State-sponsored terrorism
– Acts that occur at the direction of the state or government
• Dissident terrorism
– Using terrorist activities against a group’s own government
• Terrorists from the left and right
– Rooted in political ideology
• Religious terrorism
– Primary motivation for world terrorism in last decade
• Criminal terrorism
– Terrorists acts used to facilitate crime and criminal profits
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Terrorist Threats to the
United States
• Radical Islamic terrorists
• Right-wing terrorist groups within the United States
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Weapons of Mass Destruction
• Any explosive, incendiary, poison gas, bomb, grenade,
or rocket having a propellant charge of more than four
ounces
• Any missile having an explosive or incendiary charge of
more than one-quarter ounce
• Poison gas
• Any weapon involving a disease organism
• Any weapon that is designed to release radiation at a
level dangerous to human life
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Responsibilities of the Police
Organization Homeland Security Unit
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Manage terrorist and homeland security information
Maintain a database on critical infrastructure databases
Maintain working relations with critical infrastructure owners, managers, and
security personnel
Maintain liaison with state homeland security officials and federal
intelligence agencies
Coordinate department responses to terrorist events
Identify homeland security training needs for the department
Conduct or coordinate homeland security related investigations
Monitor the readiness of the police department and other first responders in
the event of a terrorist attack
Investigate terrorist attacks or activities
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Officer Involvement in
Homeland Security Activities
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Patrol
Criminal investigation
Crime analysis
Intelligence
Specialized tactical units (SWAT) including hostage
negotiators
• Community relations and community policing
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Homeland Security and Public
Education Programming
• Primary goal: to elicit support and information from the
public regarding crime and terrorism matters or
intelligence
• Other goals:
– Fear reduction
– Reducing community tensions
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Police Efforts to Safeguard Local
Critical Infrastructure
• Identify critical infrastructure within community
– Database allows department to comprehensively develop
response plans
– Focuses attention on areas that may be of interest to possible
terrorists
• Develop response plans should there be a terrorist
attack or incident
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Partnerships between Law Enforcement and
Security Personnel to Protect Critical Infrastructure
• Police departments are encouraged to develop formal working
relationships with private security firms
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Improve joint responses to critical incidents
Coordinate infrastructure protection
Improve communications and data interoperability
Bolster information and intelligence sharing
Prevent and investigate high-tech crime
Devise responses to workplace violence
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Responding to a Homeland
Security Incident
• National Response Framework
– Responses to incidents are layered as a result of the local, state,
and federal responses
– Four-step preparation cycle
• National Incident Management System
– Standardizes responses to critical incidents
– Replaces uncertainty with efficiency and effectiveness
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Homeland Security and Intelligence
and Police Departments
• The Joint Terrorism Task Force
– National, multi-agency organization responsible for combating
terrorist activities in the United States
• Fusion Centers
– Combine intelligence from multiple agencies in one center where
it is disseminated and examined
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