Homeland Security

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  • MANPADS: Worse Now Than 9/11

    The acronym MANPAD means “Man Portable Air Defense System”. It was meant to level the playing field between the average infantry troop walking on a battlefield carrying 80lbs of kit and the fighter jock, in a multi-million dollar high tech...

    Article • November 4th, 2011

  • Gauging Our Nation's Defenses
    Gauging Our Nation's Defenses

    There is still a huge stumbling block when it comes to first responders being able to communicate with each other.

    Article • October 4th, 2011

  • Kelly Says NYPD Could Take Down a Plane
    Kelly Says NYPD Could Take Down a Plane

    Commissioner: NYPD Could Take Down a Plane

    News • September 26th, 2011

  • More Than 100 Found in Ariz. Drop House
    More Than 100 Found in Ariz. Drop House

    More Than 100 People Found in Ariz. Drop House

    News • May 26th, 2011

  • President Obama to Visit Ground Zero
    President Obama to Visit Ground Zero

    President Obama in NYC to Visit Ground Zero

    News • May 5th, 2011

  • Families of 9/11 Victims Rejoice After Receiving News of bin Laden's Death
    Families of 9/11 Victims Rejoice After Receiving News of bin Laden's Death

    All over the country, Americans took to the streets to express their relief following the announcement.

    News • May 2nd, 2011

  • Police Rescue 51 Migrants in Mexican Border City

    Mexico's federal police rescued 51 people, including six Chinese and 18 Central American migrants, who were captive in the same border city where more than five dozen people were freed last week, authorities said Monday night.

    News • April 26th, 2011

  • Man Photographed in Colo. Mall Bombing Attempt

    An attempt to bomb a popular Denver shopping mall less than 1½ miles from Columbine High School failed on the 12th anniversary of the Columbine shooting.

    News • April 21st, 2011

  • DHS Scrapping Color-Coded Alert System
    DHS Scrapping Color-Coded Alert System

    DHS Moves to Switch Out Color-Coded Alert System

    News • April 21st, 2011

  • Officials Probe New Dominican Drug Cartel

    U.S. federal agents are helping Dominican authorities investigate an apparent drug cartel that has formed in the country's northern region.

    News • April 16th, 2011

  • Be prepared for terrorists both foreign and domestic

    First responders are trained to respond as safely and expeditiously as possible. Upon arrival, they try to immediately remedy the situation, sometimes without completely surveying the scene or thinking about what led to the situation. This can be a...

    Article • February 16th, 2011

  • Tracking Man With K9

    After attending the course from American Mantrailing Academy, I realized how much my dog could do.

    Article • February 10th, 2011

  • Avoiding The Dog Response

    We spend an inordinate amount of time training officers to act tactically, but maybe we need to go a step further and assign an officer to the role of safety officer.

    Article • January 27th, 2011

  • Terrorists Harnessing The WWW

    Extremist sites often guide recruits on their organizations accomplishments and highlight membership benefits. These extremist sites also give perspective recruits information about future organizational meetings.

    Article • January 25th, 2011

  • The Off Duty Female Crimefighter

    Carrying off duty requires planning, preparation, and commitment. In the women's career and officer survival courses that I teach, we discuss off duty survival at length, and the same issues consistently come up.

    Article • January 20th, 2011

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