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Chapters: Vermont State Police, Vermont Department of Corrections, List of Law Enforcement Agencies in Vermont. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 26. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Vermont State Police (VSP) is the state police agency for the U.S. State of Vermont, and has jurisdiction throughout the state. The Vermont Public Safety Commission directs policy and selects the Commander. The Commander is Colonel Thomas L'Esperance. The Vermont Public Safety Commissioner is Thomas R. Tremblay. In 2008, there were 307 actual state troopers. Prior to 1947, Vermont law enforcement was county based. Each of the state's fourteen counties had an elected sheriff responsible for providing all law enforcement services to towns in the county without their own police departments. Opposition to establishing a state police force existed, partly based on the state's low crime statistics, a reluctance to add new state spending, and a suspicion of unelected centralized authority. On the state level, only the Department of Motor Vehicles Highway Patrol provided centralized, statewide law enforcement services. Members of that Department patrolled the state's roadways on motorcycles enforcing motor vehicle law and investigating accidents. Infractions not related to use of a highway or the safe operation of a motor vehicle had to be referred to a county authority. Communication with Highway Patrol members prior to the use of police radios, was accomplished through posting of signs in public places. This method of communicating required a strong relationship with the public that was being served. Highway Patrol Officers would call their stations for messages about accidents or the status of motor vehicle complaints when signs were posted. Today this close association with the public would be consider...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=3222327 ... Read more

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Title: From a distance: defense, law-enforcement agencies seek advanced surveillance tools.(SECURITY BEAT: Homeland Defense Briefs)
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Chapters: Vermont State Police, Vermont Department of Corrections, List of Vermont State Prisons. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 24. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Vermont State Police (VSP) is the state police agency for the U.S. State of Vermont, and has jurisdiction throughout the state. The Vermont Public Safety Commission directs policy and selects the Commander. The Commander is Colonel Thomas L'Esperance. The Vermont Public Safety Commissioner is Thomas R. Tremblay. In 2008, there were 307 actual state troopers. Prior to 1947, Vermont law enforcement was county based. Each of the state's fourteen counties had an elected sheriff responsible for providing all law enforcement services to towns in the county without their own police departments. Opposition to establishing a state police force existed, partly based on the state's low crime statistics, a reluctance to add new state spending, and a suspicion of unelected centralized authority. On the state level, only the Department of Motor Vehicles Highway Patrol provided centralized, statewide law enforcement services. Members of that Department patrolled the state's roadways on motorcycles enforcing motor vehicle law and investigating accidents. Infractions not related to use of a highway or the safe operation of a motor vehicle had to be referred to a county authority. Communication with Highway Patrol members prior to the use of police radios, was accomplished through posting of signs in public places. This method of communicating required a strong relationship with the public that was being served. Highway Patrol Officers would call their stations for messages about accidents or the status of motor vehicle complaints when signs were posted. Today this close association with the public would be considered community policin...http://booksllc.net/?id=3222327 ... Read more

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Title: Law enforcement agencies spy on innocent citizens.
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"This in-depth survey of the federal law enforcement system is divided into four sections. The first gives an overview of the types of positions available, with their requirements and benefits. The entire second section is devoted to the Department of Justice, the agency solely responsible for the prosecution of federal offenses. . . . (The third section consists of 42 black and white illustrations of federal agency badges.) The agency profiles in the fourth section follow a standard format. . . . The profiles run the gamut of federal enforcement agencies, from the large and well-known, such as the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Immigration and Naturalization Service, to small and obscure agencies such as the Supreme Court Police. The detailed information conveniently brought together in this handbook will make it a useful reference source not only for specialized law enforcement collections but wherever there is interest in public policy or a need for career information." Booklist ... Read more

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Federal Law Enforcement Agencies: A History
An excellant reference book but not good for much else...if you want more modern information try the internet. ... Read more

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New Developments in Immigration Enforcement and Compliance provides an authoritative, insider's perspective on the latest immigration laws, trends, and strategies that both clients and counsel need to know. Featuring partners from law firms across the country, these experts analyze the increase in enforcement activity and discuss how to handle investigations and raids, including common triggers, the proper steps to follow, and how to work successfully with government investigators. From compliance manuals and documentation review to self-audits and E-Verify, these top lawyers update readers on the fundamental elements of a successful compliance program and the consequences of non-compliance. Additionally, these leaders reveal methods for controlling costs, assessing the future of immigration reform, and evaluating how the economy is impacting the employment of foreign workers. The different niches represented and the breadth of perspectives presented enable readers to get inside some of the great legal minds of today, as these experienced lawyers offer up their thoughts around the keys to success within this ever-evolving field.

Inside the Minds provides readers with proven business intelligence from C-Level executives and lawyers (Chairman, CEO, CFO, CMO, Partner) from the world's most respected companies and firms nationwide. Each chapter is comparable to an essay/thought leadership piece and is a future-oriented look at where an industry, profession, or topic is heading and the most important issues for the future. Each author has been selected based upon their experience and C-level standing within the professional community.

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2. David C. Whitlock, Partner, Elarbee Thompson Sapp & Wilson LLP - "Effectively Handling Immigration Law Matters"
3. Stephen J.O. Maltby, Esq., Partner, Gibney, Anthony & Flaherty LLP - "Trends in Worksite Enforcement Laws and Employer Compliance Best Practices"
4. Kim Kiel Thompson, Partner, Fisher & Phillips LLP - "Immigration Law in 2010: New Compliance Challenges for Attorneys and Clients"
5. Andrew R. Lerner, Counsel, Wormser, Kiely, Galef & Jacobs LLP - "'Our House, is a Very, Very, Very Fine House': Trends and Strategies for Dealing with Immigration Enforcement and Compliance Issues"
6. L. Mabel Arroyo, Shareholder, Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz PC - "Immigration Compliance Under Increased Government Enforcement"
7. David Z. Izakowitz and C. Simon Davidson, Partners, McGuireWoods LLP - "Implementing an Effective Workplace Immigration Compliance Program"
8. Loan Huynh, Partner and Shareholder, Fredrikson & Byron PA - "I-9 Compliance Strategies and Concerns for Immigration Lawyers and Their Clients"
9. Brian Graham, Partner, Strasburger & Price LLP - "Federal Immigration Investigations and Employers"

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Appendix A: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Fact Sheet
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Appendix C: I-9 Compliance Guidelines
Appendix D: Employer Compliance Checklist
Appendix E: A Brief Overview of the E-Verify System
Appendix F: Form I-9 Employer Compliance Guide
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From the author: Police agencies often have a vexing problem with the recruitment and retention of qualified personnel. Human resource management is complex and one of the most difficult aspects of leadership and management in the law enforcement community. It seems that many excellent officers are hired, trained, and subsequently become effective members of the department only to have them resign in favor of other employment. It would be worthwhile for policing agencies to analyze the reasons good staff members resign and then consider local policy or operational changes that may enhance departmental retention. This article reports research that explored the motivation of state and local law enforcement officers to become FBI special agents. FBI special agent trainees, who were formerly state and local law enforcement officers from across the country, were surveyed while they were in training at the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Staff Training Academy. Conclusions are drawn from this evaluation and recommendations are made to improve the retention rate of peace officers at the local and state level of government.

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Title: The loss of talent: why local and state law enforcement officers resign to become FBI agents and what agencies can do about it.(Federal Bureau of Investigation.)
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Title: Table 11 Offenses known to law enforcement, by state by state agency and other agencies, 2007.(Part 1)
Author: Gale Reference Team
Publication: Uniform Crime Reports: Crime in the United States (Report)
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Title: Table 81 Full-time law enforcement employees by state by state agency and other agencies, 2007.(Police Employee Data)
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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Executive Council of Prince Edward Island, Law Enforcement Agencies of Prince Edward Island, Prince Edward Island Government Departments and Agencies, Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, Maritime Film Classification Board, Charlottetown Police Department, Public Archives and Records Office. Excerpt: The Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island is one of two parts of the General Assembly, the other being the Lieutenant-Governor. The General Assembly meets at Province House, which is located at the intersection of Richmond and Great George Streets in Charlottetown. As a colony, Prince Edward Island originally had a bicameral legislature founded in 1773 with the Legislative Council of Prince Edward Island serving as the upper house and the House of Assembly as the lower house. Together they composed the 1st General Assembly of the Island of Saint John. After the name of the colony changed in 1798, the body became known as the General Assembly of Prince Edward Island. In 1893 the two bodies were amalgamated into a unicameral legislature and became known as the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island. Formally, the legislature is still known as the General Assembly of Prince Edward Island. In 1769, a British Order-in-Council established a new government on the British colony of St. Johns Island (present day P.E.I.). In 1770, Lieutenant Governor Walter Patterson (the Islands first Governor) arrived and appointed a Council to assist him in the administration of the Island. By 1773, at the insistence of the British government, Governor Patterson summoned the Islands first Assembly. Elections for the Islands first House of Assembly were held on July 4, 1773, with 18 members being elected. Tradition has it that the first session of ... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=669920 ... Read more

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Working with Government Agencies in Food and Drug Law is an authoritative, insider's perspective on best practices for advising clients on overcoming violations and resolving compliance issues enforced by government agencies. Featuring partners from some of the nation s leading law firms, these experts guide the reader through the effects of the emerging regulatory environment, and the new political issues surrounding food and drug law enforcement. These top lawyers reveal their advice on establishing a positive relationship between clients and agencies, understanding misconceptions clients have about regulators and vice versa, representing clients being investigated for potential violations or non-compliance, and navigating recent developments in food and drug case law. Additionally, these leaders discuss how to manage client expectations, outline the benefits of compliance, and describe the lawyer's role in a government investigation. The different niches represented and the breadth of perspectives presented enable readers to get inside some of the great legal minds of today, as these experienced lawyers offer up their thoughts around the keys to navigating this increasingly-enforced area of law.

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Chapters Include: 1. Mitchell Fuerst and Christine Humphrey, Partners, Fuerst Humphrey Ittleman PL - "Assisting and Defending Clients in Overcoming Violations and Resolving Compliance Situations"
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Title: The U.S. secret service: an examination and analysis of its evolving missions.(Congressional Research Service)(Report)
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Publication: Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue Briefs (Report)
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Title: A look at fusion centers: working together to protect America.(New York State Intelligence Center )
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This comprehensive guide provides both civilian and federal facilities, agencies, and contractors with specific environmental requirements and tips for understanding and complying with enforcement processes used by the EPA and the States. The authors cover the responsibilities of federal facilities under ten environmental statutes and seven executive orders. They address seven key subjects, including identifying enforcement response to federal facility violations; compliance assistance, training, and outreach; and EPA offices with major federal facility responsibilities. ... Read more

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Title: Terrorism's impact on state law enforcement: CSG work group examines new roles and changing conditions.
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This new edition of the definitive history of the Secret Service lays bare the 2004 Bush campaign’s political uses of the agency and the new challenges it faces as a branch of the Homeland Security Department, in a post-9/11 world. Acclaimed scholar of political violence and governmental secrecy Philip Melanson explores the long-hidden workings of the Secret Service since its inception in 1865 and through rigorous research and extensive interviews with former White House staffers and retired agents, uncovers startling facts about the Agency’s role in such traumatic national events as the assassination of JFK and the shooting of President Reagan. Included, too, are revelations about presidential demands on the agency; the problems of alcoholism, divorce, and burnout among agents; and the Service’s inexplicable failure to develop profiles of potential assassins. Up-to-date and explosive, this book assails the public image of the Secret Service as a highly professional apolitical organization, exposing the often-detrimental influence that politics exerts on the Agency. ... Read more

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Good content - avoid 1st edition
I picked up the hard cover 1st edition on sale and was hugely disappointed in the quality of editing. It's been mentioned, but the typos, the half-written sentences and the appearance of identical paragraphs in more than one chapter were painful. And distracting.

It sounds as though that's been taken care of in the second edition, so I'll comment on the content. The quality and quantity of research is impressive (though I'd have preferred for sources to be noted in-text), and the stories told are fascinating. The history of the organization and the unlikely dual purposes makes for a strange and interesting modern institution. Like others, I found the obsession with the JFK assassination derailed things a bit, but it's easily skipped and doesn't spoil the rest of the book. My only other complaint is that some information seemed extraneous - more the fodder of footnotes than relevant to the topic at hand. Melanson seems eager to shove every detail he collected into the main text which makes it a little slow.

Overall I think this is a better book for a Secret Service enthusiast than for someone looking for an entertaining history read.

And, seriously, I cannot stress enough how poorly slapped together the first edition is. It's impossible to finish the book with any respect remaining for the author, editor, or publisher.

Takes a Mostly Scholarly Approach
This review is based on the 2002 hardback edition of the book which has since been expanded in the newer paperback edition to cover the rapid evolution of the Secret Service since 9/11. This edition only touches on the post 9/11 period which gave the agency a greatly expanded mandate and where there has been greater potential for abuse in using the agency for political purposes.

The author's slightly pedantic style is a good counterbalance for the sometimes sensational nature of his material. The Secret Service began as an agency to catch counterfeiters during the tumult of the Civil War. The author shows how protecting the president was at first an informal arrangement that only became legal in the Truman Administration. One of the constant themes is Congressional cost-cutting versus the ever increasing protective mission of the Secret Service. The author is at his best in tracing this earlier history.

Even in this older edition, the inherent contradictions of the protective mission are clearly laid out. While earlier Congressional fears of an elite guard that could become a force in political affairs have not yet become true, the rapid expansion of the Secret Service's protective mission to include Presidents, their families, their staff, members of Congress, Presidential candidates and special events like the Olympics not only the strain the agency, easily cause this reader to wonder if this has inflated the protective mission beyond what is possible or prudent.

That the Secret Service continues to police the currency is also an interesting survival. The agency contends that rotating its officers between the protection detail and the counterfeiter detection force makes for a better agent. The author disagrees. I think he's wrong. Surely the hothouse atmosphere of the White House needs to be counterbalanced by this real law enforcement experience. The Secret Service has to struggle to remain non-political and to maintain a professional detachment from the politicians it protects. I think the author's facts allow food for thought but his arguments and conclusions are not fully reasoned.

One of the best chapters deals with the attack on President Reagan and the author's dissection of the strengths and weaknesses of the Service's response makes for gripping reading. This book often has a fascinating view of history and of the dilemmas faced in protecting the president. A politician's need to campaign is in direct conflict with the Service's mission to protect. The author has done a great job in reviewing these issues.

An example the President's duty conflicting with the Secret Service's duty was seen on 9/11 when George Bush, Jr. in following the instructions of the Secret Service agents protecting him virtually disappeared. One can understand the need to be prudent, but one can also argue that the nation also needed its leader to be visible and reassuringly in charge. Bush's failure to overrule his protective detail while Cheney took charge in the White House bunker looks in retrospect as a perfect metaphor for his entire Presidency.

Any serious student of history will be grateful to the author for the facts that he has assembled here, despite the flaws of presentation that might be found here. The most disappointing chapter is the JFK assassination where the author gets both weirdly conspiratorial and disorganized--this is his pet subject and sadly, he's not rational about it.

Terrible Service !
I ordered this book and never recieved it in the mail. I checked on it and it says it was delivered to my house which it WASN"T. Needless to say I am angry and will not be ordering anymore from you.

Great Book
I really liked this book. I now see how hard it can be for them and all the hard work they do. This book covers the history and why the service was made.I enjoyed readingthis book.

Hindsight is 20/20
The book is filled with some great historical accounts of the secret service.I especially liked reading about the origins of the agency and it's evolution.

I did not like the arm chair quarterback, hindsight being 20/20 attitude of the author.He consistently referred to assasination attempts as "failures" by the USSS.While their may have been mistakes made, no operation is executed perfectly.

And he spent way too much time on the Kennedy asassination.The author is a real conspiracy theorist.

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Title: Freedom in our time.(new antiterrorism laws by Australia)(Editorial)
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