Coast guard drug interdiction and cutter procurement : background and resource issues / Kourtney Harris, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Harris, Kourtney, editor.

Series:

Drug transit and distribution, interception and control.

Drug transit and distribution, interception and control

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Coast Guard.

United States.

Drug traffic--United States.

Drug traffic.

Drug abuse and crime--United States.

Drug abuse and crime.

Smuggling--United States.

Smuggling.

Drug control--United States.

Drug control.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (126 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Publishers, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Coast Guard provided varying levels of resources for drug interdiction operations in the ""transit zone""-the area from South America through the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific Ocean that is used to transport illicit drugs to the United States-during fiscal years 2009 through 2013, and generally did not meet its performance targets for several reasons. One part of the U.S. National Drug Control Strategy is to disrupt the flow of cocaine through the transit zone. This book addresses trends in the Coast Guard's deployment of resources in the transit zone and the extent to which the Co

Contents:

""COAST GUARD DRUG INTERDICTION AND CUTTER PROCUREMENT: BACKGROUND AND RESOURCE ISSUES""; ""COAST GUARD DRUG INTERDICTION AND CUTTER PROCUREMENT: BACKGROUND AND RESOURCE ISSUES""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""Chapter 1: COAST GUARD: RESOURCES PROVIDED FOR DRUG INTERDICTION OPERATIONS IN THE TRANSIT ZONE, PUERTO RICO, AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS""; ""WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY""; ""WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS""; ""WHAT GAO FOUND""; ""ABBREVIATIONS""; ""BACKGROUND""

""THE COAST GUARD�S RESOURCE DEPLOYMENTS FOR TRANSIT ZONE DRUG INTERDICTION OPERATIONS HAVE VARIED IN RECENT YEARS""""THE COAST GUARD HAS SUPPORTED COUNTER-DRUG EFFORTS IN PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS WITH INCREASED ASSET DEPLOYMENTS""; ""AGENCY COMMENTS""; ""APPENDIX I: THE COAST GUARD�S PROCESS FOR ALLOCATING DRUG INTERDICTION RESOURCES""; ""APPENDIX II: OPERATION CARIBBEAN GUARD""; ""Chapter 2: COAST GUARD CUTTER PROCUREMENT: BACKGROUND AND ISSUES FOR CONGRESS""; ""SUMMARY""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""BACKGROUND""; ""LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY FOR FY2015""

""APPENDIX A. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF DHS CUTTER STUDY""""APPENDIX B. P-5, P-40, AND P-27 DATA EXHIBITS FOR LITTORAL COMBAT SHIP (LCS) PROGRAM""; ""APPENDIX C. NAVY SHIP FORCE STRUCTURE OBJECTIVE""; ""APPENDIX D. NAVY FY2014 FIVE-YEAR""; ""APPENDIX E. NAVY FY2014 30-YEAR SHIPBUILDING PLAN""; ""INDEX""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 10, 2014).

ISBN:

1-62808-485-5

OCLC:

914433274