Pick to write on one of below topics

Students will write a research paper based on one of the topics below. The paper should include an
overview of the subject and major relevant points relative to economic, social and/or legal implications or
impacts. Moreover, the paper should incorporate the role of the Saint Leo University core value of
Community as it relates to local response to terrorism (e.g., mutual aid agreements, regionalization
approaches, multi-jurisdictional training or exercises, cross-discipline training or exercises, interoperable
communications, etc). A minimum of five references are required, with no more than two from Internet sources. Additional grading criteria will include clarity of presentation, quality of content, mastery of content, care and attention to detail, organization, originality of presentation, and the value and interest of the presentation, as well as proper grammar and punctuation

The paper has a required minimum length of 2500 words and must conform to APA style and formatting. This includes a running head, page numbers, cover page, abstract, introduction, body, summary of findings, conclusion, in-text citations, and reference page. Non-APA formatted papers will receive an automatic 25 point reduction.

Topics:

•  Regionalization planning, preparation, and response approach
•  Mutual aid agreements
•  Interoperable communications
•  Any aspect of the Incident Command System
•  Aspects of NIMS training
•  Operational planning at the local level for potential terrorist threats
•  Local police response to terrorism
•  Preparing for incidents of terrorism at the local Level
•  Developing emergency response plans that include local law enforcement
•  Testing emergency response plans that include local law enforcement
•  Local law enforcement involvement in Joint Terrorism Task Forces
•  Legal tools available at the local level to exploit terrorist activities