...Callie Vitro; Erin M. Kearns; Isaac J. Moelter Purpose While a host of individual-level and situational factors correlate with willingness to report common crimes, far less is known about willingness to report suspicious activities related to terrorism, which is essential to terrorism prevention...

...Mark T. Sedevic Purpose Police recruits need to be prepared the moment they graduate from the police academy for any type of situation. It is during the initial recruit training phase at the police academy where police recruits need to learn about terrorism and how to respond to a terrorism...

...Paul E. O'Connell Purpose The aim of this paper is to review chess as a model for incorporating local police agencies in the fight against global terrorism. Design/methodology/approach The paper examines the literature concerning the nature of terrorist organizations, as well as recent...

... of the most significant obstacles to inter‐agency cooperation and coordination, and, by extension, the optimal enforcement of organized crime and terrorism. The problems addressed in this study should be of concern to any manager of a multi‐agency task force, and similar research is recommended to unearth...

... investigating: the impacts of assignment at the officer level, community policing, the influence of job satisfaction on work, and rural law enforcement. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Community policing Job satisfaction Terrorism Police officers from six rural agencies...

...Samuel Nunn As the war on terrorism escalates, police agencies are using technologies that electronically scan individuals, structures, and vehicles to identify things hidden from public scrutiny. These machines create new socio‐technical systems for police and citizens. Public policy gaps evolve...

...William Lyons Congress has expressed concern that the Homeland Security agency might lack the power necessary to prevent future terrorist attacks. This paper argues that it less likely to be a lack of police power and more likely the misapplication of those powers that undermines the war on terror...