By Michael A. McAdams – Executive Summary – Results This thesis reviews the national fire service regulation, standards, and practices that define the fire data incident collection processes. Reviewing the documents grounds the criteria that define the availability of fire …
Policy Options Analysis and the National Fire Operations Reporting System →
By Robert L. Kierstead – Executive Summary – Active shootings and terrorist attacks have increased at an alarming rate in recent years in the United States. According to research conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Texas State …
By Karen Elizabeth Sims – Executive Summary – Federal government security-cleared personnel have been disclosing federal government classified national security information, whether to a foreign government or the United States media, at an increasing rate since the 1980s. Can common …
By John D. Milby – Executive Summary – Law enforcement officers are regularly called upon to respond to assist mentally ill persons in crisis; some experts estimate that as many as 20 percent of all law enforcement calls for service …
Preempting Mass Murder: Improving Law Enforcement Risk Assessments of Persons with Mental Illness →
By Anja Freudenthal – Executive Summary – During the summer of 2012, a major shift began in the number of undocumented individuals crossing from the Mexican border into the United States. While the number of individuals apprehended by U.S. Customs …
Reducing Homeland Insecurities: Ending Abuse of the Asylum and Credible Fear Program →
By Brent A. Cotton – Executive Summary – The Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) Screening Passengers by Observation Techniques (SPOT) program is under intense scrutiny by Congress, and in danger of losing funding. Recent reports by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) …
By Ryan Fields-Spack – Executive Summary – Problem Statement/Topic In general, police and fire departments face three types of emergencies today. Two types encompass the normal “everyday” emergency. These are emergencies where either police are in charge or those where …
By Lori Hodges – Executive Summary – Over the last decade, the United States alone has averaged at least one large-scale crisis or extreme event per year. In this environment of complex disasters, we see differences in how communities respond …
By Romeo B. Lavarias – Executive Summary – Warfare in the 21st century has matured to the point where military technology and force are no longer the keys to victory. Parties in conflict during the twentieth century had begun to …
By Kenith Roland Adcox – Executive Summary – For over three decades, community policing has proven itself to be an effective tool to address crime and disorder within local communities.[1] Since 9/11, however, many local police agencies have been chipping …
