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Experts Available to Comment
In the six years since September 11th, the discussion about how to best protect America from
another attack has focused primarily on the federal government's response to the pervasive
terrorist threat. There is a growing understanding, however, that state and local law
enforcement have an important role to play. America's 700,000 state and local law enforcement
personnel will always be first responders - but they can and should be first preventers, as well.
The Manhattan Institute, reflecting its longstanding and unique
policy focus on urban issues, is committed to developing and disseminating
ideas which will make our cities more secure in this dangerous new
world. Working closely with the New York City Police Department
after September 11th, and now expanding to develop policing strategies
for the Los Angeles Police Department and the New Jersey State Police,
the Institute's Center for Policing Terrorism is examining core
counter-terrorist issues confronting state and local police.
Center
for Policing Terrorism Scholars:
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RP
Eddy, Executive Director
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As
Senior Fellow for Counterterrorism at the Manhattan Institute,
R. P. Eddy founded and is Executive Director of the Center
for Policing Terrorism (CPT) which focuses on the role of
police in the fight against terror. Eddy also serves as Managing
Director of Gerson Lehrman Group, the world's leading primary
research firm. Prior to his formation of the CPT, he has served
in various positions including Senior Policy Officer to the
United Nations Secretary-General and Director of Counterterrorism
at the White House National Security Council.
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Timothy
Connors, Director
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Timothy
Connors is Director of the Manhattan Institute's Center for
Policing Terrorism. A 1988 West Point graduate, Mr. Connors
is also second in command of a Civil Affairs Battalion in
the United States Army Reserve. While practicing business
law in Syracuse, New York, he deployed with his Reserve unit
to Konar Province, Afghanistan and led a team that supported
B Company of the 20th Special Forces Group. His awards and
decorations include the Bronze Star Medal, Meritorious Service
Medal, and Expert Infantryman Badge.
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J. Michael Barrett, Former CPT Fellow
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J.
J. Michael Barrett was formerly the Harbinger/ICx Technologies Fellow in Homeland
Security at the Manhattan Institute's Center for Policing Terrorism. He currently
serves as the Director of Strategy and Resources at the National Security Council.
Mike has past experience as a Senior Analyst for the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT)
in the Special Operations Division of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He spent a year as
a Fulbright Scholar in Ankara, Turkey studying the causes and effects of terrorism in
democratic societies. He is a Lieutenant in the United States Naval Reserve.
- Complete
Bio
- Articles:
We Can't Let Our Guard Down, WashingtonPost.com, 11-29-06
Securing the border, Federal Times, 10-27-06
Send in the reinforcements, Daily News, 8-11-06
The Need for Intelligence-Led Policing, DomPrep Journal, 6-21-06
Losing
While Winning, TCS Daily, 5-11-06
- Books:
Securing Global Transportation Networks: A Total Security Management Approach, (McGraw-Hill, October 2006)
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George
L. Kelling, Senior Fellow
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George
L. Kelling is a Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute,
a professor in the School of Criminal Justice at Rutgers University,
and a fellow in the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard
University. Kelling is hailed for developing the "Broken
Windows" concept of policing which has led to the radical
reduction of crime and restoration of order in many large
cities.
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Heather
Mac Donald, Senior Fellow and Contributing Editor,
City Journal
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Heather
Mac Donald is a John M. Olin fellow at the Manhattan Institute
and a contributing editor to City Journal. She also is a recipient
of 2005 Bradley Prize for Outstanding Intellectual Achievement.
Heather's work at City Journal has canvassed a range of topics
including homeland security, policing, and "racial"
profiling. Ms. Mac Donald's writings have also appeared in
The Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, New
York Times, The New Republic, Partisan Review,
The New Criterion, Public Interest, and Academic
Questions. Her latest book, Are Cops Racist?, investigates
the workings of the police and the controversy over so-called
racial profiling.
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| Manhattan Partners with LAPD to Run Counterterrorism Academy for Cops |
On Monday, March 10, the Los Angeles Police Department opened the pilot class of the National
Counter-Terrorism Academy, a joint project of LAPD and the Manhattan Institute's Center for Policing
Terrorism. This one of a kind program is training state and local cops to be the front line in the War
on Terror. The first class graduated on July 22, 2008. For more information, please click here, or
contact Bill Zeiser at wzeiser@manhattan-institute.org or 212-599-7000.
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