Policing and Law Enforcement in COIN: the Thick Blue Line: Offensive Policing, Operational Design Considerations, Northern Ireland Troubles, Insurgents in India, Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom

This excellent report has been professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction. This work on the role of policing in confronting security threats highlights the need to shift resources and emphasis towards policing, law enforcement, and internal security. Law enforcement and internal security are key pillars in a comprehensive national security strategy and are often underemphasized. As the campaign against terrorist networks shifts out of a combat phase, the competition between governments and terrorist groups for the public's support, a key element in irregular warfare, will occur in noncombat zones. It is in these noncombat zones that the police and other internal security elements of governmental power will be critical in negating terrorist network access to populations. The military's role in these operational environments will be significantly reduced, but select support will be required and this effort will fall heavily on the Special Operations Forces.
This monograph explores the complexity and challenges a government faces in organizing and training multiple levels of a nation's various police institutions. Through a thorough and excellent analysis, the author highlights the differences of policing in a counterinsurgency environment versus traditional, peaceful societies. He further amplifies his discussion of counterinsurgency policing through a series of vignettes. The true danger of failure in the current campaign is that a successful irregular warfare campaign in one region may spur additional challenges across the globe, and Joe Celeski argues persuasively that the police are the "thick blue line" in this type of campaign.

Chapter 1 - Introduction * Chapter 2 - Law Enforcement in COIN: Offensive Policing * Chapter 3 - Law Enforcement: Indirect Approach for COIN * Chapter 4 - Operational Design Considerations for Policing and Law Enforcement Campaigns * Chapter 5 - Insight into Policing Roles in COIN Operations * Chapter 6 - Examples of Policing Within COIN Operations * Chapter 7 - Conclusions

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