COIN comes home to assist policing

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SWC Member & CPD officer John Bertetto's latest offering 'Counter-Gang Strategy, Part 1, Creating guiding principles through lessons learned in the fight against gangs & terror':http://www.lawofficer.com/article/ta...trategy-part-i

The editor's note:

This article is the first of two in a series adapted from the author's longer works, "Countering Criminal Street Gangs: Lessons from the Counterinsurgent Battlespace" and "Counter-Gang Strategy: Adapted COIN in Policing Criminal Street Gangs."

For a complete description of the principles and strategy described, visit the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board Executive website atwww.iletsbei.com/forum

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A short PBS video (7 mins):

A report from the Center for Investigative Reporting and KQED delves into a wide-scale surveillance system being developed for police forces. How can the trade off between safety and privacy be negotiated as technology gets more and more sophisticated?

Link with a transcript:http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/new-p...vacy-concerns/

The system originated from a counter-IED tactic in Iraq, so the clarity of the images has been reduced, so for example a number plate cannot be read. The system is more of a pointer after the event to look at other CCTV. That might explain why no-one has purchased it.

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Within a short article reviewing the growth of the DHS In New Mexico. centred around Albuquerque, are some comments by Tom Ridge, ex-DHS head, which I have not seen before:

The last thing in the world you want is a Department of Homeland Security involved in a day-to-day basis with traditional and state and local law enforcement. It’s not their role or their function, unless it’s related to terrorist activity.

On "fusion centres":

I think fusion centers are a great idea. I think the proliferation of fusion centers makes no sense. My vision then was to start with building fusion centers that covered four or five states for all hazards, natural weather events and law enforcement sharing. They’ve gone much beyond that. It would be foolish to build that capacity and limit it exclusively to dealing with terrorism..

APD's deputy responded the rejected the notion that DHS has become too involved in local policing:

I don’t believe they are taking on too active of a role. We are collaborating with HSI as a force multiplier and we are sharing resources.

Link:http://www.abqjournal.com/390807/new...uparmored.html