Mounting a U.S. Civil-Military Constabulary Police Force

摘要

Today, the U.S. Government provides dedicated military trainers to assist a partner-nation develop and mature their military force capabilities, and then focus their efforts on external military threats. However, the U.S. Government does not possess a dedicated corps capable of creating or assisting partner-nation police forces address their internal security concerns. This is a capability 'gap' directly affecting U.S. National Security. The U.S. Government must develop a permanent civil-military professional policing component (constabulary) capable of creating, training, and/or advising existing partner-nation police forces while simultaneously sustaining local security in an uncertain environment. To create a permanent constabulary force, the U.S. must resolve four interwoven problem areas in order to provide law enforcement training and local security to our partner-nations. To enhance success, the U.S. Government should establish this capability under the management of one department to close this pronounced national security capability 'gap.' U.S. policymakers and strategic leaders can learn key lessons by examining effective modern constabulary forces. The most widely known and most effective constabulary forces are the French Gendarmerie National and the Italian Carabinieri.