NCJ Number
172568
Date Published
1996
Length
18 pages
Annotation
This research focused on the need to communicate with law enforcement agencies in foreign countries; toward this end, the author explains why communication between law enforcement agencies, local or foreign, is vital; this includes the sub-issue of communications between law enforcement agencies in California and China and their impact on criminal triads in California.
Abstract
U.S. Interpol cannot effectively and efficiently serve the needs of local law enforcement agencies in California regarding communications with foreign law enforcement agencies for a variety of reasons. Managers or chief executives of local law enforcement agencies must assume the responsibility of seeking solutions that can help the local law enforcement community as a whole before problems overwhelm the law enforcement community. When one law enforcement agency faces a problem, the entire law enforcement community in the State will face the same problem. This study identifies the best method of communication that can be used by law enforcement agencies in California and China to combat the triads by the year 2005; it recommends the Regional Law Enforcement Communication Channel as the most realistic and effective method to manage the increasing demand to communicate with foreign law enforcement agencies. When law enforcement agencies in California can communicate with law enforcement agencies in China daily, it will increase the striking power of law enforcement agencies in California against triads because of the exchange of various types of criminal intelligence. 12 notes