Homeland security

Homeland Security Intelligence and Capabilities History has shown the importance of the intelligence community directed towards homeland security in and around the United States of America. Its capabilities have grown exponentially over the past couple decades, especially with the use of the internet. Yet, there are limitations that the U.S. still deals with to this day in order to support these efforts. The homeland security enterprise also has capabilities, but there are challenges…

Humanities institute at Duke. Doctor Nicholas L. Clarkson joined us to inspire a discussion about the intersection between biopolitics, identity, citizenship and nationalism. To begin, Dr. Clarkson discussed the 2003 Department of Homeland Security memo signaling security personnel to be alert for terrorist who concealed weapons under women’s clothing. The publishing of this memo would foreshadow the eventual linkage of transgendered people with terror/terrorism. A central theme to Clarkson's…

most. Some of the reasons these members might resist are their lack of knowledge or skills. Another resistance that might come from the organizations members is a resistance to training. Members who are not invested in the implementation of homeland security emergency preparedness plans will not wish to conduct or participate in training. Emergency training is a vital part of the…

Implementation: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) heads the DACA program. Under the DHS there are three main organizations that were involved with DACA implementation: U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement, and U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services. These levels are considered Lipsky 's street-level bureaucrats. Lipsky reasons that these public civil servants are genuinely the employees that implement policy with their daily work with individuals. The…

The Department of Homeland Security and the US Patriot Act where created and passed as a direct result of the terrorist attacks orchestrated on September 11, 2001. As a package, both work to preserve life and liberty to citizens of the United States, whether in the homeland or abroad. Therefore, the Department of Homeland Security, while utilizing the US Patriot Act, has partnered with local law enforcement in order to be on the front lines of detecting and preventing homeland terrorism. The…

senior leaders are not directly involved in homeland security and other important issues as they outsource these issues to outside consultants (Fisher, 2004). They are not concerned about what employees at lower levels think about homeland security and vendor, partner, and customer issues. Organizations at this low end do “not address societal impacts of homeland security on its products, services, and operations and considers it a breach of security to expose its plans to guard against…

U.S Homeland Security History up until 09/11/01 Colonial-Early Republic: • Frontier conflicts and Border security: o During the colonial- early republic era there were external threats. During the Native American warfare, War of 1812 and 1916 Mexican Edition frontier conflicts and border security was seen as a problem. The Native Americans and settlers were having conflicts over the frontier. Because of the conflicts, it caused militias to be involved. After the War of 1812, it showed there was…

Thesis: Homeland Security is interdisciplinary in nature by bringing together fields of criminal justice, security, and political psychology. ISIS and Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi declared Islamic Caliphate with 7 steps or phases that occur every 3 years ending in 2020. ISIS and Al Qaeda divided on who is actually the Caliph based on descendants of the Quaraysh tribe, and who has been selected by the Shura. ISIS is establishing legitimacy among Sunni Muslims around the world and moving away from Al…

There has been a shift of police strategy from community policing of the late 20th century to homeland security of the 21st century (Chappell 2009). Can the two strategies work together to maximize safety and the well being of the society or are they mutually exclusive strategies? Much research and evidence has shown that community policing can help support homeland security by giving the police legitimacy and promoting procedural justice. I would like to discuss specifically counter-terror…

uncomfortable. The government has been using this tactic of constant surveillance as a crucial part of homeland security. Being under constant surveillance does not always equal safety. Homeland security should not make people sacrifice their privacy rights in exchange for safety. The United States Department of Homeland Security was founded under the Bush administration through the passing of the Homeland Security Act by Congress and was made an official Cabinet-level department on March…