Text Multiple Choice: Based on your reading of the following text, what problem most likely provoked this response by the New York Assistant Police Commissioner?
All disasters are essentially local. There is no such thing as a Homeland Security Department disaster, or an FBI disaster. There are only New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, or even Des Moines disasters. Yes, their impact matters and relates to the larger community. If we are to be successful in developing a more productive anti-terrorist environment, both the public police sector and the private security sector need to change their client culture from one of mere security awareness or knowledge to that of security ownership and responsibility.
Charles P. Connolly, former Assistant Commissioner, New York City Police Department, and Vice President in Charge of Security, Merrill Lynch Corporation
[Source: “Engaging the private sector to promote Homeland Security: Law enforcement—private security partnership,” Sept, 2005. Bureau of Justice Assistance, NCJ 210678. ]
a. lack of organization between police and private security at a crisis site
b. lack of prescreening and abiding by standards, and insufficient training
c. examples of mistrust, barriers to information sharing, and spreading misinformation
d. refusal of private security to take responsibility for obtaining evidence illegally by the Constitution but legally for security agents
100 points