LAW ENFORCEMENT ARCHIVES
Judith Miller, Author & Journalist
John F. Morton and Judith Miller
August 15, 2007
The Pulitzer Prize winner’s knowledgeable appraisal of how two of the nation’s largest metropolitan police departments – in New York City and Los Angeles – are coping with the unique and steadily growing threats posed by international terrorism.
The Doctors Plot – Its Implications for America
David P. Wright
August 15, 2007
Security experts dismiss the attempt by Islamic doctors to blow up a London nightclub as an “amateurish” operation. But that misses the real point, which is that physicians – people who know how to make biological weapons – are now on the terrorist team.
Area Maritime Security Committees – A Unified Effort for Securing U.S. Ports
Christopher Doane and Joseph DiRenzo III
August 8, 2007
The Coast Guard’s Captains of the Port have the primary responsibility for developing effective port-security plans for their jurisdictions, but it has to be an all-hands effort or there will be, in nautical terms, a bitter end.
Changing the Rules: First-Responder Data Communications Tools Make an Impact
Rodrigo (Roddy) Moscoso
August 1, 2007
Since the deployment of the first mobile computers in police cruisers more than 20 years ago, the ability to access and exchange information between first responders in the field and their dispatch centers has grown steadily. Of course, early mobile technology involved customized hardware and software that was limited in
Sheltering Against the Ultimate – A Nuclear Detonation in a U.S. City
Kirk Paradise
August 1, 2007
The good news is that the fallout shelters built during the Cold War never had to be used. The bad news is that they might have to be resurrected, refurbished and reconditioned, and made available as “just in case” protection facilities.
Hospital Evacuations: Planning, Exercises, and Common Sense
Joseph Cahill
August 1, 2007
“Full-scale” exercises sound like, and are, the ideal – but only in certain almost-perfect circumstances, and not without a firm foundation of individual and team training exercises to build on.
The TSP Program – A Valuable Insurance Policy
Joan K. Grewe
July 25, 2007
According to research conducted in 2003 by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and National Communications System (NCS), less than 10 percent of the nationās approximately 7,500 9-1-1 call centers ā more formally called Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) ā were participating at that time in what is called the Telecommunications
AIHA’s Mock Meth Lab Highlights Health and Safety Risks
Heather McArthur
July 18, 2007
Of the numerous insidious threats currently endangering U.S. communities, one of the worst is the homegrown problem of clandestine methamphetamine labs. The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) reports that 6,435 āmethā lab incidents were reported in 2006, and that number is likely to increase in the foreseeable future. The labs
CERFPs: The Essential Elements
Jonathan Dodson
July 18, 2007
Managing Editor John F. Morton met recently with Col. Jonathan B. (āJonā) Dodson, USA (Ret.), DPJās National Guard correspondent, to discuss the National Guardās Chemical, Biological, Radiological/Nuclear, and High-Yield Explosive Event Enhanced Response Force Package (CERFP). Following are excerpts from that discussion. Morton: Jon, the two times we have met with
AIHA’s Mock Meth Lab Highlights Health and Safety Risks
Heather McArthur
July 18, 2007
Science may be wonderful, but it is also extremely lethal, particularly when used to manufacture illegal drugs. The clandestine meth labs set up in cities throughout the United States are prime examples of disasters waiting to happen.
Important Gains Registered at Small-Vessel Security Summit
Joseph DiRenzo III
July 11, 2007
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) hosted a āNational Small-Vessel Security Summitā conference in Arlington, Va., last month that could lead to several important changes in the nationās maritime-security posture. Small vessels ā i.e., those less than 300 gross tons ā have been a vehicle of choice for terrorists
The First Scenario – A Nuclear Attack
Jonathan Dodson
June 27, 2007
DomPrepās National Guard correspondent, Col. Jonathan B. (āJonā) Dodson, USA (Ret.), joined LtGen. H. Steven Blum, USAR, Chief of the National Guard Bureau, on his flight from Andrews Air Force Base to Indiana to participate in the āVigilant Guardā training exercises last month at the Mascatatuck Urban Training Center (MUTC)
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