No Longer a Federal Responsibility: Local Law Enforcements Role in Preventing Terrorist Attacks

摘要

Unfortunately, no law enforcement agency has all the resources they need or would like to have. There are always shortages of funding, personnel, and equipment with which agency leadership must deal. Most police commissioners or chiefs arernappointed and most sheriffs are elected based upon their ability to keep order and peace in their communities. Most are overburdened with managing scarce resources to deal with myriad local problems. Accordingly, agency heads must focus most of their time and energy on these local issues.