Recently added articles from Sheriff:
Executive Director's Commentary
Jan 01, 2009; ... January promises to be interesting here in DC for NSA with the upcoming inauguration of President-Elect Barack Obama. The Washington DC Metro area is anticipating more than four million people to attend the inauguration festivities. Our challenge in the coming year will be to establish ...
President's Message
Jan 01, 2009; ... The holidays are over; the New Year has come. . . I've spent the last several months traveling throughout THe country. I was fortunate to meet many great individuals during my travels last year around the country and one of my recent stops was with the Oregon sheriffs. The conversation normally ...
The 10 Key Challenges for DHS and the New Administration
Jan 01, 2009; ... In preparing to turn over his department to his successor, at press time projected to be Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano, outgoing Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff requested that the Homeland Security Advisory Council identify ten key challenges that will confront the new head ...
Report Projects Nuclear or Biological Attack in Next Five Years
Jan 01, 2009; ... A report issued the first week in December by the bipartisan Commission on the Prevention of WMD Proliferation and Terrorism projected that at least one nuclear or biological will be launched in the next five years, and targets the "poorly governed parís" of Pakistan as a source of particular ...
NSA's Steps to Provide a Safe Homeland
Jan 01, 2009; ... In 1999, when NSA's Executive Director Tom Faust ordered development of a course that specifically focused on the threats posed by terrorists and Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD), he could not have imagined the events mat would soon unfold, and the massive surge in demand for information on ...
Panel Warns Biological Attack Likely By 2013
Jan 01, 2009; ... By PAMELA HESS - Dec 2, 2008 Used with permission of The Associated Press Copyright© 2008. All rights reserved. WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States can expect a terrorist attack using nuclear or more likely biological weapons before 2013; reports a bipartisan commission in a study being ...
Threat, Risk, and Vulnerability Assessment Methodology
Jan 01, 2009; ... Conceived by Sheriff's Office Serves as Tool to Help Protect your Community from All Hazards including Terrorism Shots rang out in the parking lot of LaPerle's IGA supermarket in Colebrook, NH, located deep in New Hampshire's Great North Woods. In a pool of blood, two New Hampshire State ...
Can a Risk Management Strategy Help You Handle the Big One? Bet On It
Jan 01, 2009; ... IT'S A SURE BET that the new year will deal us a handful of crises, sent by Nature or by man, whose scope will earn the unwelcome gaze of YouTube and CNN. But when, where, and how each crisis will come, none can say. For this reason, it's vital to cover all bets. How is this possible - ...
Critical Next Step for Information Sharing for Hometown Security and Homeland Security: Fingerprint Biometrics-based Identity Management
Jan 01, 2009; ... Introduction A key finding of the 9-11 Commission was the need better information sharing tools for first responders at all levels of government. New national and regional information sharing systems, like the Pegasus program (described below), have evolved to help meet this need. A ...
FLYING ARMED
Jan 01, 2009; ... PassPro LEO for Flying Armed was first introduced at the National Sheriffs' Association Winter 2008 Conference in New Orleans. It was updated at the 68th National Sheriffs'Association Annual Conference in Indianapolis later in the /ear. Now the enhanced process has completed its live operational ...
Cape Cod's Sheriff Addresses The War On Terror
Jan 01, 2009; ... Empowering Communicators Training Volunteers Re-assuring Panicky Citizens Fighting domestic terrorism requires an "all hands on deck" approach. Everyone has a role to play and Sheriffs are no exception. That's equallytrue here in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, where ...
FIRST RESPONDERS
Jan 01, 2009; ... It's been a quiet shift. You take a sip of your coffee and are thinking about looking for a ball game on the radio when you get the call. Dispatch advises they have multiple calls, but not much information. As you turn the corner, you are greeted by a sight straight out of a Hollywood action ...
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE COMPACT
Jan 01, 2009; ... Americans have a long history of helping one another in time of need dating back to World War I with the Volunteer Bureau in Minneapolis, MN in 1919. The years that followed continue to provide many examples from the creation of volunteer based activities including soup kitchens and bread lines ...
Homeland Security Means Feeling Secure at Home
Jan 01, 2009; ... When you hear Homeland Security, what comes to mind? For many of us, it conjures thoughts of AI-Qaeda and the Taliban. After all, the Department of Homeland Security was formed after 9/11. Its function, however, does not rest solely on tracking down and taking out Osama Bin Laden. It has ...
WOMEN AS SHERIFFS
Jan 01, 2009; ... Series This is our second in a series on women sheriffs. At this time, there are 47 female sheriffs out of the 3,084 sheriffs nationwide. Sheriff Beth Arthur | Arlington County Virginia More often than not, when a seasoned law enforcement officer is elected sheriff, he or ...
Improving Safety and Security Using New "Jail Vulnerability Assessment" Tools
Jan 01, 2009; ... Introduction This article continues NSA's focus on jail staffing, using the National Institute of Corrections(NIC) staffing analysis methodologies as a foundation.1 NIC is in the process of finalizing the third edition of its Staffing Analysis Workbook for Jails. Another new NIC ...
Assistant Director Marc Farmer USMS
Jan 01, 2009; ... I had the opportunity to recently discuss with Assistant Director Marc Farmer of the United States Marshals Service his perspective on training and learning with the USMS. We also touched on some new initiatives that the USMS is promoting for Sheriffs and their deputies. Marc A. Farmer ...
The 219th Anniversary of the United States Marshals Service
Jan 01, 2009; ... In conjunction with the United States Marshals Services the District of New Jersey is highlighting 7 years of the New York/ New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force. In the first months of 2005, the law sought Frank Destefano. He was wanted for sexual assault on a minor in New Jersey ....
Outlook for the 111th Congress (2009-2010) & President-elect Barack Obama
Jan 01, 2009; ... Introduction The newly elected Democratic President and Congress are relishing their victory and celebrating across the country. But very soon they will be tested as to whether or not they can work with the minority party to accomplish not only their goals, but the goals of the American ...
Many Compete But Few Are Successful: Turning an Abysmal Jail Situation into Winning the National Sheriffs' Association Triple Crown
Jan 01, 2009; ... This is the first part of a three-port story the second and third parts will appear in a later issue of Sheriff magazine. PART ONE The Triple Crown Winning the Triple Crown is no easy task, just ask the owners of Big Brown, the racehorse that everyone considered to be a ...