General Gene Renuart, head of the U.S. Northern Command and NORAD meets with FDNY officials Nov. 6 to discuss disaster preparedness and homeland security. (FDNY)
SAN DIEGO — San Diego County authorities will soon be able to use fingerprints to check the immigration status of suspects in county jails, federal officials announced Tuesday.
The "Secure Communities" program allows officials access to both federal criminal and immigration records when they take suspects' fingerprints during the booking process, an ICE official said. Full Story Related Resources: More woes plague post-9/11 security
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Who needs help, of what sort, following a disaster?
By Richard Gist, Ph.D., Homeland1 contributor
The mantra among disaster mental health devotees has seemed almost as like a peculiar contrapositive to the pronouncement of Lewis Carroll’s Dodo Bird that "All have won and all must have prizes." In this case, it seems to be, "All have losses and all must have intervention." But is that really the case? As with most things, it depends on how you look at it. Full Column
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Lesson Learned
Transitioning from 10-codes to plain language
These days, 10-codes can result in miscommunication and confusion when multiple agencies and disciplines respond to an incident. This interoperability challenge has resulted in a push for implementing plain language across agencies for mutual aid events so that various disciplines can effectively share information.
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Now in its 7th year, National Security Australia is one of the nation’s leading annual security forums. The event will review Australia's critical infrastructure protection. It will also assess current traditional and non-traditional threats to national security. Join leading Australian and international experts who will converge in Sydney in March 2009 to review and discuss the issues surrounding Australia's national security. 7th Annual National Security Australia Conference
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