How Can Police, Military, and National Intelligence be Integrated?

How can an intelligence sharing framework be established that standardizes how state and local police agencies interface with the national intelligence system while at the same time preserving the federalist system…

Was the Department of Homeland Security a Bad Idea?

Communicating with Everyone During a Crisis

Communicating important life saving information to the public during a crisis…

How to Hack a Yacht: GPS Spoofing

Every year Americans become more reliant on their electronic devices…

Climate Change: Oceania Is Rising

“Dear Matafele Peinam”

Heal Me, For My Bones Are in Agony

Trauma in all its varieties is part of the human experience. We live in a world full of discontent…

Command Commandment 4

(Perform a Thorough /Ongoing Size-up)

Incident Command Priorities…

Those who can, lead. Those who can’t…

An old axiom, often used by those antagonistic to the coaching profession, is “those who can…

What is Homeland Security? Citation Networking and the Mapping of a New Discipline

My Place in Homeland Security

Homeland Security had no place in my life until 9/11. I was a patrol cop, and I was content to spend my career responding to emergencies, keeping public order, and playing “traditional” cops and robbers. In fact, in the wee hours of that fateful Tuesday morning, I had arrested…