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June 2009
In This Issue
The History of Policing
Defining Leadership: Trying to Understand
State and Nonstate Associated Gangs: Credible "Midwives of New Social Orders"
National Southwest Border Counternarcotics Strategy
CCTV & IP Video Surveillance Newsletter
Automatic License Plate Recognition
National Clearinghouse for Science, Technology and the Law
Making Arrests in Domestic Violence Cases: What Police Should Know
Practical Implications of Current Domestic Violence Research: For Law Enforcement, Prosecutors and Judges
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The June 2009 issue of the American Heroes Press Newsletter contains original articles from military personnel as well as police officers.  In addition, this edition includes critical information from official publications on domestic law enforcement, and the war on terror.  Thank you for the subscribing and supporting the newsletter by contributing and forwarding to your colleagues.
The History of Policing
 
From 2600 BCE to modern times, there have been some interesting developments in law enforcement.  This downloadable document takes a concise, yet thorough, look at the development of American law enforcement.
 
Defining Leadership:  Trying to Understand
By Gunnery Sergeant Darnell E. Patton, USMC
 
You can ask ten different people what their definition of leadership is and you will probably get ten different answers.  Leadership doesn't have a specific definition.  By giving it a definition, you are putting restrictions and limitations on the word and the true value of leadership.  Leadership is something that is complicated to explain and understand.  It is formless; it doesn't take on a particular shape or form, nor does it go in one particular direction. A great leader can adjust to any situation at any given time, under any circumstance, and still come out successful.
 
State and Nonstate Associated GangsState and Nonstate Associated Gangs: Credible "Midwives of New Social Orders"
 
The monograph examines contemporary populism and neopopulism, 21st century socialism, and a nonstate actor (al-Qaeda) seeking regional and global hegemony. They are: first, paramilitary gang permutations in Colombia that are contributing significantly to the erosion of the Colombian state and its democratic institutions, and implementing the anti-system objectives of their elite neo-populist sponsors; second, Hugo Chavez's use of the New Socialism and popular militias to facilitate his populist Bolivarian dream of creating a mega-state in Latin America; and, third, al-Qaeda's strategic and hegemonic use of political-criminal gangs to coerce substantive change in Spanish and other Western European foreign and defense policy and governance. Lessons derived from these cases demonstrate how gangs might fit into a holistic effort to force radical political-social-economic change, and illustrate how traditional political-military objectives may be achieved indirectly, rather than directly.

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National Southwest Border Counternarcotics Strategy

Drug trafficking across the Southwest border remains an acute threat to our homeland security and one of the top drug control priorities for the United States. Mexican drug trafficking organizations have come to dominate the illegal drug supply chain, taking ownership of drug shipments after they depart South America and overseeing their transportation to market and distribution throughout the United States. It is now estimated that 90 percent of the cocaine that is destined for U.S. markets transits the Mexico/Central America corridor. Mexico is the primary foreign source of marijuana and methamphetamine destined for U.S. markets and is also a source and transit country for heroin. Mexican drug trafficking organizations dominate the U.S. drug trade from within, overseeing drug distribution in more than 230 U.S. cities. These organizations also control the southbound flow of other forms of drug related contraband, such as bulk currency and illegal weapons.
 
CCTV & IP Video Surveillance Newsletter
 
It's certainly been a heck of a month, what with a huge increase in news stories, and of course that tiny security extravaganza held at the NEC. IFSEC 2009 may be over for yet another year, but with excessive foot swelling and no fingerprints left on both of my typing fingers, the memories will certainly linger awhile. In the great scheme of things this years show was, despite predictions to the contrary, a resounding success.

 
Red Team "Two sides to every Story"
By Lieutenant Colonel John Nelson, USA
 
Three years ago, I was one of the first graduates of the Red Team School at the University of Foreign Military and Cultural Studies (UFMCS), located at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas. The Red Teaming course is relatively new to the Army, but the concept of an advisor to the commanding general has been around since the time of Napoleon. The concept of the Red Team requires members to see through multiple lenses; in the case of Iraq, looking at a situation from the perspective of the people or the Government of Iraq, as well as the enemy. The role has been effectively used in both government and business, but until recently, the Army had no doctrine or recognized education available to implement the capability in its operational and strategic units.
 
Automatic License Plate Recognition
Dennis J. Lau
 
In an era of increasing threats to public safety and shrinking city budgets, judicious application of modern technologies are a force multiplier for police agencies who need to do more with less. Automatic License Plate Recognition  (ALPR) is a case in point. ALPR uses cameras to capture digital images of license plates, then a computer to convert plate image into alphanumeric characters. That information, also referred to as "plate code", can then be stored in a database and compared to other databases. 
 
National Clearinghouse for Science, Technology and the Law
 
The National Clearinghouse for Science, Technology and the Law assembles the available scientific, technological, and relevant legal resources into a comprehensive "one-stop" searchable database with equal access for all. NCSTL provides: a searchable database of legal, forensic, and technology resources; a reference collection of law, science, and technology material; partnerships with law schools, professional associations, and federal and state agencies; national conferences on science, technology, and the law; community acceptance panels; training modules and primers with an emphasis on distance education; and training for defense counsel who are handling cases involving biological evidence on the applications and limitations of DNA evidence as stated in the President's DNA Initiative.
 
Making Arrests in Domestic Violence Cases: What Police Should Know
By David Hirschel, Ph.D.
 
Police have been making more arrests in domestic violence incidents. In 2000, about 50 percent of intimate partner violence cases1 resulted in arrests, compared to 7 to 15 percent in the 1970s and 1980s. Research has revealed that some aspects of the change cause problems: too many victims are arrested and too few cases are accepted by prosecutors. The problem appears to arise in part from the practice of dual arrests - situations in which police arrest both parties involved in the altercation rather than trying to identify the primary aggressor. About 2 percent of domestic violence incidents result in dual arrests.
 
Practical Implications of Current Domestic Violence Research: For Law Enforcement, Prosecutors and JudgesPractical Implications of Current Domestic Violence Research: For Law Enforcement, Prosecutors and Judges
by Andrew R. Klein

Practical Implications of Current Domestic Violence Research: For Law Enforcement, Prosecutors and Judges describes for practitioners what the research tells us about domestic violence, including its perpetrators and victims, the impact of current responses to it and, more particularly, the implications of that research for day-to-day, real-world responses to domestic violence by law enforcement officers, prosecutors and judges.
 
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