The challenge of terrorism against the United
States led the government to create the Department of Homeland Security with
the hope of leveraging federal, state, and local police agencies, intelligence
agencies, and immigration agencies to cooperate in communicating findings and
creating joint efforts to stop threats of terrorism or confronting a terrorist
attack.
The current threat of terrorism has made many
senators and representatives in Congress think about the United States
combining all of its police agencies into one national police organization. The
centralization of power would stop the discombobulated nature of the 3
government levels of police and provide a clear, overall standard on how to
police not only terrorism acts but crime in general.
Please answer the questions below. Give your
opinion concerning the topics, and provide examples. Discuss your findings as
far as any statistics that you list concerning the victims. You have an
opportunity to discuss your thoughts about what options might be taken
concerning victims of racial profiling. Be sure to back up your opinions with
facts from cited sources.
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Do you believe that the establishment of terrorism
as a crime that can be committed domestically has changed policing? How? Why?
Provide examples.
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Have the number of victims of racial profiling
increased over the last decade?
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What laws and services are available for victims of
racial profiling?
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What other actions might be taken on behalf of
victims of racial profiling?
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Has the Department of Homeland Security helped
fight terrorism, or has it simply duplicated the efforts and jurisdictions of
other agencies? How has it helped?
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Be sure to cite all references in APA format.
