CCJS 230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Posse Comitatus, Natural Disaster, Social Change

• School: University of Maryland
• Department: Criminology and Criminal Justice
• Course: CCJS 230
• Professor: Russell Hamill

Document Summary

First documented act of terrorism on us soil- boston tea party. *homeland security- federal state and local govt making an effort together to. State and local law enforcement got deputized and worked w the fbi. No one agency was prepared to fight back what problems the u. s. was facing. Terrorism prevent a major loss of life due to a terrorist attack or a natural disaster n critical need for information sharing and working together as a team to a broad spectrum of law enforcement. **posse comitatus federal law that prohibits the use of federal military resources to conduct civil law enforcement operations on us soil, designed to stop military take over. Terrorist incident that is committed by a group outside the us. The unlawful use of force or violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a govt, the civilian population, or any segment there of political religious or social (ideological) objectives.