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    On September 11‚ 2001‚ a group of terrorists hijacked two commercial planes‚ flying them straight toward the Twin Towers destroying one of the most well-known landmarks. This act was responsible for the death of thousands of innocent citizens.The Domestic Surveillance Program was created as a result of the treacherous September 11 attacks under the hope that they could prevent the possibility of more fatalities. Conducted by the National Security Agency‚ this program sparked a great debate on whether

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    Toward the end of their operations‚ they were known for counterterrorism officials‚ for using “more than 30 varieties of weapons – including mortars and rockets – as well as numerous methods to lay and detonate explosives‚ advanced sniper tactics‚ etc.” (Aptitude for Destruction: Case Studies of Organizational Learning

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    Coll 148 Outline

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    Raymond W. Kelly Outline Callistus Wong COLL 148 August 5‚ 2013 Professor Joy Harrison DeVry University Raymond W. Kelly Outline I. Introduction A. Raymond W. Kelly New York City Police Commissioner B. Background: To become a good leader/role model C. Raymond W. Kelly is the current New City Police Commissioner and a former Colonel in the United States Marine Corps. Kelly has been apart of the New York City Police Department for over 40 years. Kelly is a primary candidate

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    investigations‚ but their role was expanded in an effort to counter attempts made by foreign intelligence agencies to steal U.S. military and diplomatic secrets. Today‚ the Bureau has given top priority to five areas that affect society the most: Counterterrorism‚ drugs/organized crime‚ foreign counterintelligence‚ violent crimes and white-collar

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    Kansas Experiment

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    Police patrol strategies are based upon two unproven but widely accepted hypothesis. One of the being that by seeing police around the streets it reduces the crime that is being occurred in the streets‚ and the other one is that people fear less about crimes occurring when there is police present. These strategies were made to reduce the crimes and make the public feel more safe in the street. The Kansas City Experiment started on October 1972 and continued to 1973 ‚ it was administered by the Kansas

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    Chapter 1 starts off with Jung Jae fleeing seoul Korea with her son from the North forces. Again in January 1951 the North came back‚ but she had to leave her son this time. On the way to the south on top of a train in a snowstorm she died of a heart attack. The Americans found her son Pong Suk and use him as an interpreter. After the war he came to America with a military student visa. Chapter 2 follows the Alarcon family move to America from Bolivia‚ but only because of their grandma Edu.

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    TECHNOCRATS AND CANADA

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    ). New York‚ NY: Harper Perennial Haddow‚ G.‚ Bullock‚ J.‚ & Coppola‚ D. (2010). Introduction to emergency management. (4th ed.). Burlington‚ MA: A Butterworth-Heinemann Title. Leman-Langlois‚ S.‚ & Brodeur‚ J. (2005). Terrorism Old and New: Counterterrorism in Canada1. Police Practice & Research‚ 6(2)‚ 121-140. doi:10.1080/15614260500121096

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    The Brady Act

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    Public Peter Barone Written Assignment 5 Timothy Ostin Written Assignment 5 The Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act is an Act of the United States Congress that instituted federal background checks on firearm purchasers in the United States. It was signed into law by President Bill Clinton on November 30‚ 1993‚ and went into effect on February 28‚ 1994. The Act was named after James Brady

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    Social Justice Equality

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    Social Justice Advocacy America was founded in 1776 with the core idea of freedom and equality for all (time period racism and sexism aside). While the definition of equality and to whom it applies to changes generationally‚ the meaning behind it has remained. If someone were asked to describe America in one word‚ 9 times out of 10 they would reply with “freedom”‚ and would avidly defend it. So why doesn’t the word “equality” come up as often as “freedom” does? Some people treat inequality in

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    The attacked on 9/11 birthed a stable security system by which passengers are checked before they enter the plane. The Transport Security Administration (TSA) is the one who regulates the system. Their mission is‚ “To protect the nation’s transportation systems to ensure freedom of movement for people and commerce.” (cite) The TSA was established by the Aviation and Transport Security Act‚ passed by Congress and signed on November 19‚ 2001. Since then the TSA has done everything in their power to

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