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Engaging the Private Sector to Promote Homeland Security: Law Enforcement-Private Security Partnerships Bureau of Justice Assistance ofJustice Bureau ofJustice Programs Office U.S. Department of Justice ofJustice Department N EW R E A L I T I E S Law Enforcement in the Post­9/ 11 Era Security Partnerships Security Partnerships La Homeland Secur Promote Sector To thePrivate Engaging w Enforcement-Private Enforcement-Private ity: U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs 810 Seventh Street NW. Washington, DC 20531 Alberto R. Gonzales Attorney General Regina B. Schofield Assistant Attorney General Domingo S. Herraiz Director, Bureau of Justice Assistance Office of Justice Programs Partnerships for Safer Communities www.ojp.usdoj.gov Bureau of Justice Assistance www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA NCJ 210678 Written by Andrew Morabito and Sheldon Greenberg This document was prepared by the International Association of Chiefs of Police, under cooperative agreement number 2003–DD–BX–K002, awarded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. The opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this document are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice. The Bureau of Justice Assistance is a component of the Office of Justice Programs, which also includes the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, and the Office for Victims of Crime. Engaging the Private Sector To Promote Homeland Security: Law Enforcement-Private Security Partnerships September 2005 NCJ 210678 Acknowledgments Post­9/11 Policing Project Staff John Matthews; and Dr. Jeff Walker, University of Arkansas, Little Rock. The Post-9/11 Policing Project is the work of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), ■ National Organization of Black Law National Sheriffs’ Association (NSA), National Enforcement Executives Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE), Major Cities Chiefs Association (MCCA), Jessie Lee, Executive Director, served as and Police Foundation. Jerry Needle, Director of NOBLE’s Project Director and conducted most Programs and Research, IACP, provided overall staff work. project direction. ■ Major Cities Chiefs Association ■ International Association of Chiefs of Police Dr. Phyllis McDonald, Division of Public Safety Phil Lynn served as IACP’s Project Director, Leadership, Johns Hopkins University, directed managed development and publication of the the work of the Major Cities Chiefs Association. four Promising Practices Briefs, and authored The MCCA team included Denis O’Keefe, Mutual Aid: Multijurisdictional Partnerships for Consultant; Corinne Martin, Program Coordinator; Meeting Regional Threats. Andrew Morabito and Shannon Feldpush. coauthored this monograph, Engaging the Private Sector To Promote Homeland Security: Dr. Sheldon Greenberg, Director of the Division Law Enforcement-Private Security Partnerships, of Public Safety Leadership, coauthored this and analyzed Post-9/11 survey data. Col. monograph—Engaging the Private Sector To Joel Leson, Director, IACP Center for Police Promote Homeland Security: Law Enforcement- Leadership, authored Assessing and Managing Private Security Partnerships. the Terrorism Threat. Walter Tangel served as initial Project Director. ■ The Police Foundation Dr. Ellen Scrivner, Deputy Superintendent, Edwin Hamilton directed Police Foundation Bureau of Administrative Services, Chicago project activities and managed Post-9/11 survey Police Department, contributed to all phases of formatting and analysis, assisted by Rob Davis. project design and cofacilitated the Post-9/11 Foundation consultants included Inspector Garth Roundtables with Jerry Needle. Marilyn den Heyer of the New Zealand Police and Steve Peterson, Management Specialist–Intelligence, Johnson of the Washington State Patrol. New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice, authored Intelligence-Led Policing: The New Intelligence Architecture. Promising Practices Reviews Promising Practices drafts were critiqued and enriched ■ National Sheriffs’ Association by a series of practitioners/content experts, including Richard Cashdollar, Executive Director of Public Fred Wilson, Director of Training, directed Safety, City of Mobile, AL; George Franscell, NSA project activities, organized and managed Attorney-at-Law, Franscell, Strickland, Roberts and Post-9/11 Roundtables, and worked closely with Lawrence, Los Angeles, CA; Mary Beth Michos, State IACP staff throughout the course of the project. Mutual Aid Coordinator, Prince William County, VA; NSA project consultants included Chris Tutko, David Bostrom, Manager, Community Policing Director of NSA’s Neighborhood Watch Project; iii Consortium, IACP; John P. Chase, Chief of Staff, ■ Thomas N. Faust, Executive Director, National Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection, Sheriffs’ Association Department of Homeland Security; John M. Clark, Assistant Vice President/Chief of Police, Burlington ■ Jessie Lee, Executive Director, National Northern Santa Fe Railroad; John A. LeCours, Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives Director/Intelligence, Transport Canada; Ronald W. Olin, Chief of Police, Lawrence, KS; Ed Jopeck, ■ Thomas C. Frazier, Executive Director, Major Analyst, Veridian; Jerry Marynik, Administrator, State Cities Chiefs Association Terrorism Threat Assessment Center, California Department of Justice; and Bart Johnson, Office of ■ Hubert Williams, President, The Police Foundation Counter-Terrorism, New York State Police. Bureau of Justice Assistance Executive Oversight Guidance The Post-9/11 Policing Project was initially We gratefully acknowledge the technical guidance conceptualized by the Office of Justice Programs, and patient cooperation of executives and program U.S. Department of Justice. Since its inception, the managers who helped fashion project work: James H. project has been guided throughout by the chief Burch II, Deputy Director; Michelle Shaw, Policy executive officers of the partner associations: Advisor; and Steven Edwards, Ph.D., Senior Policy Advisor for Law Enforcement. ■ Daniel N. Rosenblatt, Executive Director, International Association of Chiefs of Police iv Contents Acknowledgments . .iii Executive Summary . .vii The Issues . .1 Local and Regional Programs and Initiatives . .11 Other State and Local Programs . .19 Federal Programs . .21 Endnotes . .23 References . .25 v Executive Summary ince the attacks of September 11, 2001, law Even though a reported lack of trust and mutual Senforcement-private security partnerships have knowledge has inhibited the formation of law been viewed as critical to preventing terrorism and enforcement-private security partnerships in the past, terror-related acts. Because the private sector owns gains have been made. The goal of partnerships is and protects 85 percent of the nation’s infrastructure, collaboration, in which partners recognize that their while local law enforcement often possesses threat missions overlap and work to share resources and information regarding infrastructure, law enforcement- achieve common goals. Successful collaborative private security partnerships can put vital information partnerships include common tasks, clearly identified into the hands of the people who need it. Thus, to leaders, operational planning, and a mutual effectively protect the nation’s infrastructure, law commitment to provide necessary resources. enforcement and private security must work collaboratively because neither possesses the The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) necessary resources to do so alone. has issued recommendations for jurisdictions seeking to improve collaboration with their private sector Law enforcement-private security partnerships are agency counterparts. To prevent terrorism, DHS not new. Prior to September 11, the International recommends that public and private agencies Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), National (1) prepare memorandums of understanding and Sheriffs’ Association, and ASIS International (formerly formal coordination agreements describing the American Society for Industrial Security) joined mechanisms for exchanging information regarding together, with funding from the U.S. Department of vulnerabilities and risks; (2) use community policing Justice, Office of Justice Programs’ Bureau of Justice initiatives, strategies, and tactics to identify suspicious Assistance (BJA), to launch “Operation Cooperation,” activities related to terrorism; (3) establish a regional a national effort to increase collaborative efforts prevention information command center; and (4) between the private sector, particularly private coordinate the flow of information regarding security, and state and local law enforcement agencies. infrastructure. But efforts such as this one must expand beyond a crime-and-disorder focus to include homeland Police chiefs and sheriffs should consider formalizing security-related issues if the policing community is relationships with their private security counterparts. to prevent future terrorist acts. Formalization shows both law enforcement and private security employees that the partnership is Law enforcement and private security have strengths an organizational priority. Law enforcement-private and weaknesses that must be considered to form security partnerships tend to revolve around realistic expectations of what each can bring to networking, information sharing, crime prevention, collaborative partnerships. Partnerships offer
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