Terrorism has become an increasingly crucial issue for law enforcement agencies to assess and address. Law enforcement officers must have the capacity to respond to terrorist operations considering their inability to do so could have major repercussions for societies across the nation. This report assesses the essential components of risk management, which include the following:
- Critical infrastructure and key asset inventory
- Criticality assessment
- Threat assessment
- Vulnerability assessment
- Risk calculation
- Countermeasure identification
These methods of risk assessment are still evolving as terrorism becomes more persistent in our society; however, this report intends to provide details of each component of risk assessment and provides suggestions for increasing the experience and skill law enforcement agencies have with risk assessment. This includes providing capacity-building information on programs, software, and training that is essential to managing the threat of terrorism. This report ends with the conclusion that it’s an operational imperative for law enforcement agencies to adopt these strategies and to become completely proficient in all aspects of risk management.
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Bureau of Justice Assistance (2005)- Assessing and Managing the Terrorism Threat
Terrorism has become an increasingly crucial issue for law enforcement agencies to assess and address. Law enforcement officers must have the capacity to respond to terrorist operations considering their inability to do so could have major repercussions for societies across the nation. This report assesses the essential components of risk management, which include the following:
- Critical infrastructure and key asset inventory
- Criticality assessment
- Threat assessment
- Vulnerability assessment
- Risk calculation
- Countermeasure identification
These methods of risk assessment are still evolving as terrorism becomes more persistent in our society; however, this report intends to provide details of each component of risk assessment and provides suggestions for increasing the experience and skill law enforcement agencies have with risk assessment. This includes providing capacity-building information on programs, software, and training that is essential to managing the threat of terrorism. This report ends with the conclusion that it’s an operational imperative for law enforcement agencies to adopt these strategies and to become completely proficient in all aspects of risk management.
Terrorism has become an increasingly crucial issue for law enforcement agencies to assess and address. Law enforcement officers must have the capacity to respond to terrorist operations considering their inability to do so could have major repercussions for societies across the nation. This report assesses the essential components of risk management, which include the following:
- Critical infrastructure and key asset inventory
- Criticality assessment
- Threat assessment
- Vulnerability assessment
- Risk calculation
- Countermeasure identification
These methods of risk assessment are still evolving as terrorism becomes more persistent in our society; however, this report intends to provide details of each component of risk assessment and provides suggestions for increasing the experience and skill law enforcement agencies have with risk assessment. This includes providing capacity-building information on programs, software, and training that is essential to managing the threat of terrorism. This report ends with the conclusion that it’s an operational imperative for law enforcement agencies to adopt these strategies and to become completely proficient in all aspects of risk management.