How the War on Terror Has Militarized the Police - Arthur Rizer & Joseph Hartman. Over the past 10 years, law enforcement officials have begun to look and act more and more like soldiers.
Here's why we should be alarmed. Danny Moloshok / Reuters At around 9:00 a.m. on May 5, 2011, officers with the Pima County, Arizona, Sheriff's Department's Special Weapons and Tactics (S.W.A.T.) team surrounded the home of 26-year-old José Guerena, a former U.S. Marine and veteran of two tours of duty in Iraq, to serve a search warrant for narcotics. As the officers approached, Guerena lay sleeping in his bedroom after working the graveyard shift at a local mine. Harvard Business Review Magazine, Blogs, Case studies, Articles, Books, Webinars.
International Economics Bulletin. iTools - use the best tools.