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Results of Homeland Security since 9/11

Positive Results of Homeland Security since 9/11

Collaboration with Law Enforcement Agencies

Since its policing in September, collaboration amongst law enforcement agencies has

been identified as the most salient component of ensuring peace (White, 2016). The Homeland

Security department partners with the entire state, local, tribal, territorial, and campus level law

enforcers to ensure safety in the nation’s inland defense against terrorist threats and the broader.

The Office for State and Local Law Enforcement (OSLLE) is mandated with the duty of

connecting the U.S. Department of Homeland Security with non-federal law administrators

through the state. The office is also mandated with aiding the coordination of DHS’ array

guidelines to state, tribal, local, territorial, and campus law implementation’s role in thwarting,

getting ready for, defending against, and reacting to natural calamities, terrorist acts, and other

artificial tragedies in the United States. The collaboration is achieved due to the shared duty of

defending the United States from all potential threats.

Homeland security is not the first responders in many cases, and it begins its operations

from Washington DC before spreading and sharing the information with the lower enforcers

(White, 2016). The DHS is therefore responsible for providing necessary tools and financial

assistance to its partners whenever pursuing information or preventing a threat. For instance,

Homeland Security’s Cyber-security and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) partnered with the

National Association of State Chief Information Officers to come up with a state Cyber-security

Governance Report and Governance Case Studies examining cyber-security governance by the

states (Cavelty, 2014). The department also partners with other law enforcement agencies since
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vital and current information about the behavior, tactics, and any other essential lead to potential

criminals is readily available at the local level which can act as rich sources of information. The

reasons that DHS collaborates with other enforcement agencies are to; improve the channels of

communicating and sharing information, improve federal resource use by giving grants and

training and to also gain better awareness on new and emerging threats through strong analytical

capabilities.

The OSLLE foundation’s major task is creating and strengthening the relationship of key

law enforcement organizations, leaders and agencies with the local and state communities. The

office has shown commitment in collaboration and often taking part in a number of meetings

addressing law administration, conferences, and coming up with policy enforcing strategies and

ways of engaging the secretary and other senior departmental officers. OSLLE has maintained

contact with the nation’s border sheriffs in the quest to improve the execution of the policies and

priorities of the department of immigration. The DHS mostly involves other law enforcement

officers in matters of enforcing the immigration policies, recruitment and retention, school

safety, active shooter assailant, aploid, technology, and Northern Border. Through joining hands

with other enforcement officers, the DHS believes they will manage form one strong body that

will over power all types of national security threats.