CJUS 550 Discussion2-Reply2

The below assignment has been written by another student. Please read it very carefully and reply to it by providing 200 words, apa format, at least 2 or 3 citations in addition to course textbook Schmalleger, F. (2011). Criminal justice today: An introductory text for the 21th Century (11th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. Your work should be original work. Thanks (paula) In today’s world, our threat is not just gambling, selling stolen merchandise, drugs, or gang wars, but stopping people who want to destroy the United States and what we stand for. With the new threats to the United States, law enforcement agencies have to find new ways of policing. Intelligence led policing is one way law enforcement agencies combat terrorism. Intelligence led policing is a combination of surveillance, financial records, covert operations, interviews, ease dropping, newspapers, interrogation, and newspapers (Schmalleger, 2011). It is needed to keep our citizens safe. Another way the United States is fighting terrorism is through fusion centers. Fusion centers gather intelligence from all levels of law enforcement. In 2008, the first conference of over 900 law enforcement agencies came together in Washington D.C. They included multiple levels of government such as federal, state, and local law enforcement units. The premise behind fusion centers is to gather information from law enforcement and analysis patterns from the information gathered. Currently, over seventy centers are in operation in thirty seven states. These operations are used to detect, prevent, investigate and respond to criminal and terrorist activity (Schmalleger, 2011). Intelligence led policing is a strategic planning resource in the fight against transnational terrorism. In an article I reviewed, it discussed the need for gathering intelligence to protect our borders and citizens from domestic and national terrorism. It also discussed that the crime we face today is not localized and that we have to use multiple avenues in preventing terrorism such as the use of all types of communication devices in gathering intelligence (Bell and Congram, 2013). In another article on network fusion centers, three specific advantages were discussed on why network fusion centers are so important. First, it is a faster way to gather the information and deliver it to the decision makers. Second, is that by having different levels of government, you are able to look at the information from different perspectives. The third advantage is it is financially more feasible to have different levels of law enforcement together (Pfeifer, 2012). Finally, as a Christian, a law enforcement official who has to deal with the possibility of terrorism in their backyard, he or she must understand that the threat currently is coming from those who oppose Christianity. A force that demands that people convert to a distorted belief in a Judeo Christian viewpoint, that does not allow others the freedom of religion that is a basic right outlined in the Constitution, should be resisted. The law of the land in these free United States allows the citizens to worship as they wish freely without the fear of the government interfering. Threats from abroad threaten that viewpoint and it is the responsibility of every American to defend that right. References: Bell, P., & Congram, M. (2013). Intelligence-led policing (ILP) as A strategic planning resource in the fight against transnational organized crime (TOC). International Journal of Business and Commerce, 2(12), 15-28. Retrieved fromhttp:search.proquest.com/docview/1448058570?accountid=12085 Pfeifer, J. W. (2012). Network fusion: Information and intelligence sharing for a networked world. Homeland Security Affairs, 8(1) Retrieved fromhttp://search.proquest.com/docview/1266215557?accountid=12085 Schmalleger, F. (2011). Criminal justice today: An introductory text for the 21th Century (11th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.