The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in the 2014 Quadrennial Homeland Security Review identified six strategic challenges which will challenge the nation in the immediate future. These challenges include threats from: terrorism, cyber-attacks, biological concerns, nuclear threats, transnational criminal organizations, and natural hazards. (DHS) These hazards are continuously evolving in our modern world and must be properly planned for. The following will discuss how communities should prioritize resources to mitigate these threats and how communities identify which threats pose the greatest risk to their area.
The threat from terrorism in a post 9/11 United States poses a risk of varying levels to every community within the U.S. …show more content…
Local government officials must identify the risk from biological threats by allocating resources to analyze the risk from evolving animal diseases and pandemic infections. (DHS) Proper identification of biological threats includes a local government’s ability to react to threats quickly and recover in a timely manner to prevent the spread of the threat. (DHS) Resources a local community must be prepared to utilize in the event of a biological threat event include coordinating with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the American Red Cross, and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. (Ready.gov) Communities must evaluate their vulnerability to a biological attack by analyzing their population density, their importation of goods, and their level of immigration and tourism. …show more content…
(DHS) Local communities within border areas and communities which have high amounts of illegal immigration must evaluate themselves as being a higher risk for this threat. Local governments are not immune to corruption as criminal organization networks expand. (DHS) Communities must allocate resources to secure importing and exporting of goods and improve local law enforcement’s ability to countering of illegal financing and money laundering. Resources must be allocated to properly identify and distinguish between a legal flow of goods and items which are entering our country illegally. (DHS) Local communities have a responsibility to control crimes of this type as transnational criminal organizations can contribute to the threat of terrorism.
The threat from terrorism in a post 9/11 United States poses a risk of varying levels to every community within the U.S. …show more content…
Local government officials must identify the risk from biological threats by allocating resources to analyze the risk from evolving animal diseases and pandemic infections. (DHS) Proper identification of biological threats includes a local government’s ability to react to threats quickly and recover in a timely manner to prevent the spread of the threat. (DHS) Resources a local community must be prepared to utilize in the event of a biological threat event include coordinating with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the American Red Cross, and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. (Ready.gov) Communities must evaluate their vulnerability to a biological attack by analyzing their population density, their importation of goods, and their level of immigration and tourism. …show more content…
(DHS) Local communities within border areas and communities which have high amounts of illegal immigration must evaluate themselves as being a higher risk for this threat. Local governments are not immune to corruption as criminal organization networks expand. (DHS) Communities must allocate resources to secure importing and exporting of goods and improve local law enforcement’s ability to countering of illegal financing and money laundering. Resources must be allocated to properly identify and distinguish between a legal flow of goods and items which are entering our country illegally. (DHS) Local communities have a responsibility to control crimes of this type as transnational criminal organizations can contribute to the threat of terrorism.