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When terrorism hits home : how prepared are state and local law enforcement? / Lois M. Davis ... [and others].
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Terrorism--United States--Prevention--Evaluation.
- Terrorism.
- Emergency management--United States--Evaluation.
- Emergency management.
- Law enforcement.
- Evaluation.
- United States.
- Law enforcement--United States--Evaluation.
- Physical Description:
- xxxiv, 144 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corp., 2004.
- Summary:
- Emergency responders play a critical role in responding to terrorist attacks. This volume presents the results of a nationwide survey RAND undertook of state and local law enforcement agencies, state offices of emergency management, and state departments of agriculture to assess how prepare they are for this role.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Response experience of law enforcement agencies with terrorism
- Preparedness results for law enforcement agencies
- Law enforcement's support needs and how they are resourcing preparedness activities
- Understanding the relationship between risk, size of jurisdiction, receipt of funding, and preparedness activities
- Conclusions and future directions.
- Notes:
- "MG-104-MIPT."--P. 4, cover.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-144).
- ISBN:
- 0833034995
- OCLC:
- 56614360
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