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How is Homeland Security different from Public Safety? Why is it worth the attention of a graduate curriculum?
ReplyDeleteGiven how we answer these questions, what does "management" mean in the context of Homeland Security?
The line between homeland security and public safety is both finite and irresolute. Both provide a sense of security and safety from everything that might do us harm. Public safety is typically associated with street crime and natural and manmade hazards. Homeland Security, in what many in the Law Enforcement sector have described as the Homeland Security Era, is blurred with Homeland Defense and includes duties that were previously considered the exclusive purview of DOD.
ReplyDeleteManagement, in the context of homeland security requires meta-leadership. Managers at all levels will find themselves operating with other agencies public or private that they do not have operational control over. How do you “tell” someone to do something if he/she doesn’t work for you? Homeland security leaders/managers will need to cooperate, collaborate, and coordinate with local, regional, national, and international leaders/manager like they never did before.
John:
ReplyDeleteI like both of your answers. Let me be sure I am understanding each. First, some questions on the "Homeland Security Era."
Do I hear you saying homeland security brings the "national security state" into what had previously been the home turf of public safety? So DOD, CIA, and other federal assets once aimed mostly at foreign enemies and foreign targets are now a key part of domestic public safety?
If this is the case, how does this redirecting of national security assets impact the traditional role of public safety? How can (should) public safety interface with national security (and visa-versa)? How does this redirecting impact the traditional role of national security agencies?
I especially like your finite but irresolute characerization. Understanding there is a big gray area (does the gray area define homeland security?), where do you see the "finite" being clear? What, finally, is the separation between national security and public safety?