Tactical and threat awareness has become to play a significant role nowadays in homeland security for law enforcement officers. These types of awareness roles will help law enforcement officers play a bigger role in protecting our homeland. Yes, it will involve extra requirements for our law enforcement officers; in the interest of homeland security, it is important. Homeland Security involves everyone, from all the way from the lowest level to the highest levels of the country. With these bigger roles, police tactics focus on "...the education, training, and equipping of line police officers... [with consideration to] numerous terrorist scenarios that [may be encountered] and train them to react accordingly..." (Oliver, 2007, p. 173).
