Stories by Jim Kouri
Kouri, CPP is currently fifth vice-president of the National
Association of Chiefs of Police and he's a staff writer for the New
Media Alliance (thenma.org). In addition, he's the new editor for the
House Conservatives Fund's weblog. Kouri also serves as political
advisor for Emmy and Golden Globe winning actor Michael Moriarty.
He's
former chief at a New York City housing project in Washington Heights
nicknamed "Crack City" by reporters covering the drug war 
in
the 1980s. In addition, he served as director of public safety at a New
Jersey university and director of security for several major
organizations. He's also served on the National Drug Task Force and
trained police and security officers throughout the country. Kouri
writes for many police and security magazines including Chief of
Police, Police Times, The Narc Officer and others. He's a news writer
for TheConservativeVoice.Com and PHXnews.com. He's also a columnist
for AmericanDaily.Com, MensNewsDaily.Com, MichNews.Com, and he's
syndicated by AXcessNews.Com. He's appeared as on-air commentator for
over 100 TV and radio news and talk shows including Oprah, McLaughlin
Report, CNN Headline News, MTV, Fox News, etc.
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Homeland Security, Defense Departments plan domestic operations?
The
Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security recently notified law
enforcement agencies and associations, such as the National Association
of Chiefs of Police, about the Obama Administration's interest in using
the military during "emergencies."
Government
officials reported that the Department of Homeland Security's Federal
Emergency Management Agency Administrator W. Craig Fugate met with the
Commander of the US Northern Command, General Gene Renuart, to discuss
"pre-disaster planning, response and recovery in support of the federal
response to the 2009 hurricane season as well as wild fires, floods and
other potential disasters." MORE>>>>>>>
FEMA Is dysfunctional, so we're making it larger?
Don't
look now, but US lawmakers – Republican and Democrat alike — in
Congress are grabbing more power for themselves while at the same time
creating a whole new federal bureaucracy. Americans will rue the day it
was created when they see their communities under the control of
federal bureaucrats and agencies.
The Federal Emergency
Management Agency was so ineffective and mismanaged during Hurricane
Katrina that it should be totally dismantled and replaced with a new
disaster response agency, according to a draft of a Senate report
that was presented to their Homeland Security Committee. MORE>>>>>>>>
Weapons of Mass Destruction: Government report released on WMD response
The following is based on reports obtained by the National Association of Chiefs of Police's Terrorism Committee.
With
the Obama Administration, both houses of the US Congress, and the news
media so wrapped up in the pursuit of health care reform, cash for
clunkers, economic woes and climate change, the issue of weapons of
mass destruction has been relegated to the back-burner. However,
military and homeland security officials remain cognizant of the fact
that WMD attacks remain a threat to the United States and its citizens. MORE>>>>>>>>