Terrorism And Law Enforcement

In my thesis essay, I will be discussing how terrorism has affected modern policing the modern law enforcement approach. I hope to cover the information well and be direct in my finding of my study. For many terrorism is just a word we see every day on the news or in our text books but for law enforcement it can be a hazard for mankind. But to understand what terrorism is you first understand it definition, terrorism is the use of international force or violence by any group or a specific individual to achieve a political goal by creating terror. Terrorism is not an unplanned violent attack, it serves a very specific purpose and the purpose to serve as a threat to mankind. Terrorist are trained killers who know nothing but serving the purpose …show more content…
As soon as September 11 happen, evidence gathered that many law enforcement were being put in and engaging in many new homeland security roles by having law enforcement officer engage more in coordinating homeland security at a state level while collecting, sharing and analyzing information based on intelligence. This is the first way terrorism had affected the modern approach to policing and law enforcement. Law enforcement realized that there are many threats with advanced technology that had the means of creating successful terrorist attacks and in order to stop these attacks, law enforcement had to study and learn from mistakes to be more successful in implementing programs that could help stoop terrorism and aid in the overall safety production of the United States of America. They had to get more tech savvy in protecting critical infrastructure along with many important key access codes. Not knowing when terrorism can strike, law enforcement had to make sure that the nations boarders were not being entered illegally along with airports and seaports. But another big change law enforcement had to get use to and change the modern way of policing is working together with many federal law enforcement officers on task forces while going under many new training techniques, …show more content…
This model that is being developed focuses on an assumption that many terrorism acts and terrorist events are not even closely related to what is considered traditional crimes that would have anything to do with smuggling or minor considered crimes. It is argued as I can see from interpreting my own theory that the standards for being prepared for terrorism are unlike any other category of crime and has a different approach than that of normal crimes. I do feel with how terrorism has effected the modern policing method that it should be in a category by itself that focus on the risks along with how law enforcement should be prepared in case of terrorism. I learned a lot from writing this essay and feel that there have been major changes in law enforcement that requires them to be more detail in their work but also by working with federal enforcement they are learning all the proper training and are learning how to be a step ahead of terrorism. From this essay, I learned a lot but I also learned how to apply the concepts I learned in this class could help me foster a more in-depth understanding of my