COIN comes home to assist policing

[Eric Churchg]

Moderator's Note

On January 18th 2012 this thread was merged with a smaller one, which started in 2010 called 'Convergence: Special Operations Forces and Civilian Law Enforcement' and the merged thread renamed 'COIN comes home to assist policing' (Ends).


Counter insurgency, particularly it's emphasis on good relations with the People, seems to be affecting police training and approaches. This article
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/loc...,5306468.story
about efforts to retrain the Baltimore Police Department shows a huge influence from lessons learned overseas. Even the trainers have served overseas;
"The lecturer, Eric Greitens, was a former Navy SEAL who led missions in Fallujah, Iraq, to hunt down insurgents. The city officers copied down four phrases he wrote on a white board: No worse enemy. No better friend. No better diplomat. No better role model."
This makes me wonder if lessons learned by the military will be reflected more police training and tactics

EC