Two new books by US publisher CRC Press – Terrorism and Public Safety Policing: Implications for the Obama Presidency; and Building an Enterprise-Wide Business Continuity Programme.
Terrorism and Public Safety Policing: Implications for the Obama Presidency is by: James F. Pastor
ISBN: 1439815801 • $79.95 / £49.99
August 2009 • Pages: 458 • Trim: 6-1/8 x 9-1/4 • Binding: Hardcover.
The trends, data, and battle-tested logic do not lie. A “perfect storm” of extremist ideologies will challenge the current state of public safety forcing police chiefs, public administrators, and security professionals to rethink their approach to policing the streets of America. Professor James Pasto draws on three decades of experience fighting on the front lines against domestic terrorism to identify key indicators that point to an increase in extremist violence and terrorist threats here at home.
Merging public policy analysis with an understanding of human nature, Terrorism and Public Safety Policing: Implications for the Obama Presidency provides an examination of the current state of policing and reviews recent events to identify troublesome trends and potential vulnerabilities that must be addressed. This forward-looking guide introduces a new model of policing—Public Safety Policing—that accounts for the changes already underway and offers an organized and proactive response to the new breed of problems on the horizon.
Contents
SECTION I —TERRORISM AND EXTREMISM: CONCEPTS AND ISSUES • 1 – Introduction • 2 – Terrorism: Concepts, Influences, Structures, and Radicalization • 3 – Extremist Groups, Ideologies, and Applications • SECTION II—ELEMENTS OF PUBLIC SAFETY POLICING • 4 – Military Weaponry and Tactical Operations • 5 – Intelligence Methods and Surveillance Technologies • 6 – Order Maintenance Provisions • 7 – Public Safety Policing—Model Synergy • SECTION III—LARGER ISSUES AND IMPLICATIONS • 8 – Internal and External Alliances— The Holy War • 9 – Tipping Points—Public Policy “Triggers” • 10 – Recommendations and Implications • Appendix
About the author
Dr. James F. Pastor is an Associate Professor of Public Safety at Calumet College of St. Joseph. He is also an adjunct instructor for the International Law Enforcement Academy where he teaches security technology to police officials throughout the world. He formerly taught legal issues for Northwestern University-Center for Public Safety, and Legal & Ethical Issues in Security Management in the graduate program at Webster University. Dr. Pastor consults, writes and speaks on a variety of public safety and security issues. Dr. Pastor holds a Ph.D. in Public Policy Analysis from the University of Illinois at Chicago, Illinois, an M.A. in Criminal Justice from the University of Illinois at Chicago, and a J.D., from The John Marshall Law School, and a B.S., in Law Enforcement Administration and Sociology from Western Illinois University. He is the author of Terrorism & Public Safety Policing: Implications for the Obama Presidency, Security Law and Methods, and The Privatization of Police in America in addition to having published several articles on policing and security, including a chapter in ASIS International’s Protection of Assets Manual entitled: Private Policing on Public Environments.
Building an Enterprise-Wide Business Continuity Program is by: Kelley Okolita
ISBN: 1420088645 • $79.95 / £49.99
August 2009 • Pages: 326 • Trim: 6-1/8 x 9-1/4 • Binding: Hardcover.
If you had to evacuate from your building right now and were told you couldn’t get back in for two weeks, would you know what to do to make sure your business continues to operate?
Increasing threats to business operations, both natural and man-made, mean a disaster could occur at any time. It is essential that corporations and institutions develop plans to ensure the preservation of business operations—should risks become reality.
Building an Enterprise-Wide Business Continuity Program goes beyond theory to provide planners with the tools needed to build a continuity program in any enterprise. Drawing on over two decades of experience creating continuity plans and having to use them in recoveries—including 9/11 and Katrina— Master Business Continuity Planner, Kelley Okolita, provides guidance on each step of the process, including how to validate the plan and time-tested tips for keeping the plan action ready over the course of time.
Disasters can happen at any time and can occur for any number of reasons. However, by proactively planning for such an event, smart leaders can prepare their organizations to minimize tragic consequences and readily restore order with confidence in the face of such adversity
Contents
1 – Where It All Began from Someone Who Was There • 2 – Selling the Program • 3 – Project Initiation and Management • 4 – Your Planning Team and Your Vital Records Program • 5 – Risk Evaluation and Control • 6 – Business Impact Analysis • 7 – Resource Requirements • 8 – Recovery Strategies • 9 – Documenting the Plan • 10 – Training and Awareness Programs • 11 -Testing the Recovery Plan • 12 – Coordinating with Public Agencies • 13 – Crisis Management/Event Management • 14 – Crisis Communications • 15 – Pandemic Planning • 16 – Life Safety • 17 – Transitioning from Project to Program • 18 – Industry Certifications and Professionalization • 19 – Disaster Planning at Home • 20 – The Regulatory Environment • 21 – Tools, Software, Recovery Contracts, Consultants and Other Matters • 22 – Summary and Lessons Learned from Real Events • Appendices
About the author
Patricia "Kelley" Okolita as Business Continuity Program Manager for Fortune 500 Insurance Company, directs the disaster recovery/business continuity efforts. In this role she has direct responsibility for the planning and testing of the recovery program for the company’s 4500 employees in 40 -plus sites as well as its data center environment She has more than 20 years experience in disaster recovery and business contingency planning both from a data center perspective and the business perspective and has supported a number of recoveries both large and small including recoveries following the events of September 11 and Katrina. She received the 2003 Contingency Planning and Management’s Hall of Fame Award in the practitioner category, is a MBCP (Master Business Continuity Professional), the highest designation in the industry and is a former chairperson of the DRI International Certification Commission, International Affairs Committee and has served on the Board of Directors for DRI International for the last three years, resigning in March of 2007. She teaches a full day tutorial, twice a year at the Contingency Planning and Management conference on Contingency Planning 101 – teaching the basic components of a corporate wide business continuity program and how to implement it.
