The Argument Of Community Based Police For Counter-Terrorism

because of his middle name Hussein being Islamic). There has been a moral panic of labeling muslims as being terrorist and this has created much more harm than it has caused any good. THe public needs to know what to watch for and know that the majority of terrorist attacks don't come from muslims if you take into account all the mass killings especially at schools. The public after knowing what to actually look for they need to know how to respond to a terrorist attack to protect themselves, their family, and the rest of the public. The cost of counter-terrorism has cost us billions of dollars which has much secrecy around it and has put many Muslims under suspicion. In the UK the communities are the primary element of counterterrorism, and Muslims are encouraged to cooperate with law enforcement to reduce any possible terrorist acts (Spalek and Lambert,2008). This is a proactive approach that is upfront and not done in covert manners that could alienate the population. The logic behind community based police for counter-terror is building trust which has been used much in the UK(Lambert, …show more content…
The main reasons for this is the shared strategies and goals that the both have. Problem solving is key for both, having external partnerships is equally important for both to gain and share connections and information, next is citizen involvement this leads to more information as well of trust if citizens are actively involved. Community policing may seem like the ‘soft’ way to deal with crime but it's the ‘smart’ way. The local police must be educated on homeland security practices because they are much more likely to run into those who are involved or have information on terrorism compared to federal agents, as well as being more likely to be those who first arrived at a terrorist attack, as they were at 9-11 and during the Boston