NCJ Number
58285
Date Published
1978
Length
15 pages
Annotation
RELATIONS BETWEEN THE ARMED FORCES AND CIVILIAN LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ARE DISCUSSED BY FOUR PARTICIPANTS IN A WORKSHOP ON POLICE-MILITARY LIAISON HELD DURING AN INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHIEFS OF POLICE MEETING.
Abstract
THE PANEL MODERATOR, CHIEF OF POLICE IN SHREWSBURY, N.J., DESCRIBES HOW HIS DEPARTMENT WORKED WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF A NEARBY MILITARY BASE TO REDUCE THE ANIMOSITY THAT HAD LONG EXISTED BETWEEN THE MILITARY AND CIVILIAN COMMUNITIES AND TO IMPROVE COOPERATION AND COMMUNICATION BETWEEN MILITARY AND CIVILIAN POLICE. THE TRAFFIC/POLICE RELATIONS ADVISOR OF AN AIR FORCE BASE NEAR WASHINGTON, D.C., OUTLINES FACTORS IN EFFECTIVE LIAISON BETWEEN CIVILIAN AND MILITARY LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL, NOTES LAW ENFORCEMENT PROBLEMS THAT REQUIRE COOPERATION BETWEEN MILITARY AND CIVILIAN POLICE, AND POINTS OUT THE BENEFITS OF SUCH COOPERATION. THE ARMY'S 1976 ASSESSMENT OF ITS LAW ENFORCEMENT POLICIES AND ACTIVITIES IS DESCRIBED BY A REPRESENTATIVE OF ARMY HEADQUARTERS STAFF, WHO ALSO OUTLINES THE ARMY'S EFFORTS TO IMPROVE ITS RELATIONS WITH THE CIVILIAN COMMUNITY (E.G., PARTICIPATION IN DISASTER RELIEF ACTIVITIES, EMERGENCY LOAN OF EQUIPMENT, JOINT PROJECTS WITH STATE AND LOCAL POLICE, PROTECTION OF FEDERAL WITNESSES). AN INVESTIGATOR FROM THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (FBI) NATIONAL ACADEMY DESCRIBES THE FBI'S MILITARY BASE LIAISON PROGRAM, JOINT PARTICIPATION BY FBI AND MILITARY PERSONNEL IN TRAINING PROGRAMS, AND OTHER FBI ACTIVITIES AND POLICIES BEARING UPON POLICE-MILITARY RELATIONS. (LKM)