Nature, Extent, and Proliferation of Federal Law Enforcement

Nature, Extent, and Proliferation of Federal Law Enforcement
Author: Bill McCollum
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 207
Release: 1998-08
Genre:
ISBN: 0788142348

Part 1 contains an overview and introduction as presented in the Nov. 1995 hearing with statements and testimony from Griffin B. Bell, former Attorney General of the U.S., Salvatore Martoche, former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Law Enforcement; former Attorney General Dick Thornburgh; and members of Congress. Part 2 examines state and local perspectives with testimony and statements presented in the May 1996 hearing from: Jane M. Brady, Attorney Gen. of the State of Delaware; and representatives from: International Assoc. of Chiefs of Police; Fraternal Order of Police; Nat. Troopers Coalition; Nat. District Attorneys Assoc.; Nat. Sheriffs Assoc., etc.

Legislative Calendar

Legislative Calendar
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Publisher:
Total Pages: 748
Release: 1995
Genre:
ISBN:

Law Enforcement in a New Century and a Changing World: Improving the Administration of Federal Law Enforcement, Report of the Commission on the Advancement of Federal Law Enforcement

Law Enforcement in a New Century and a Changing World: Improving the Administration of Federal Law Enforcement, Report of the Commission on the Advancement of Federal Law Enforcement
Author:
Publisher: Government Printing Office
Total Pages: 200
Release:
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780160884399

Global crime, cybercrime and terrorism in new and evermore dangerous form will threaten the safety of Americans and the security of the United States in the next century. Globalized crime knows no borders; it can undermine business competition, corrode enemies, and destabilize political systems. Cybercrime can assault any country’s physical and information infrastructure. Terrorists can kill and destroy for maximum effect. In addition, increasingly sophisticated drug trafficking uses advanced information and telecommunications technologies to import and distribute illegal drugs without detection. For the first time in recent history, a Congressional Commission has set out to study the integration of widely disparate and often conflicting issues to strengthen the law enforcement fabric of the Federal Government while protecting democracy and the rights and liberties of individual citizens. The Commission saw its role as calling the Nation’s attention to the broadest concerns in national and international law enforcement. It also urges the Nation and its Federal law enforcement establishment to break down the barriers of institutional thinking and find new ways to approach the challenges of crime in the new century. Over its 2-year tenure, the Commission met more than 20 times and took verbal and sometimes written testimony from some 70 witnesses, including two members of President Clinton’s Cabinet and numerous presidential appointees. They identified that reforms are needed in six major areas: 1) To combat global crime, cybercrime, and terrorism; 2) Make it clear that the Attorney General has broad coordinating authority for Federal law enforcement, and minimize overlap and duplication 3) Provide the intelligence and information needed to combat terrorism; 4) Make global crime a national law enforcement priority; 5) Reverse the trend toward federalization; and 6)Focus on professionalism, integrity, and accountability.