LAW 2
The September 11 in 2001 attacks on the United States that crippled the Pentagon in the
north of Virginia and the Trade Center in New York had a devastating impact on the country.
The attacks led to the death of almost 3000 people and losses worth billions of dollars. Before
the attack, America had experienced a number of attacks but the 9/11 attack marked a turning
point for the Americans. The country immediately adopted combating terrorism strategies as
well as homeland security to address the issue. This research paper looks at the strategies that the
country adopted, their implementation and how the strategies helped solve the security issues
affecting the country.
Homeland security is an issue that affects the federal, local and state criminal justice
agencies. The occurrence of an attack affects a local community. Therefore, the country has to
think globally but its actions will be locally based. Such events involve the state and local public
since they are the first to respond to the issue. After the 9/11 attacks, the need for homeland
security prompted the involvement of the criminal justice agencies. The criminal justice agencies
have to prepare themselves on how they should respond and gather terrorist-related information
that would help avert any future attack. Local agencies are the first in line to respond to any
event and offer a defense, be it a natural disaster or a terrorist attack (Mallicoat & Gardiner,
2013).
The strategies that the homeland adopted covered a wide range of related topics, such
as preparation against threats of terror, monitoring the development of mass destruction,
protecting the physical infrastructure, blocking terrorist funding, ensuring that the cyberspace is
secure. Such strategies represent the government’s involvement in international, local, state,
federal and private sectors for monitoring terrorism and maintain the security of the homeland, as
well as ensuring the efforts sustain the future generations (Researcher, 2010).
