Table Of ContentPolicing and COIN Operations:
Lessons Learned, strategies and Future directions
Samuel Musa, John Morgan, and Matt Keegan
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POLICING AND
COIN OPERATIONS
Front cover:
Ralph Morten is a retired 27-year Los Angeles Police Department veteran
and former SWAT member.
POLICING AND
COIN OPERATIONS:
LESSONS LEARNED, STRATEGIES,
AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS
Samuel Musa, John Morgan, and Matt Keegan
2011
Contents
Preface.........................................................................................................vii
Chapter 1: Introduction to Policing and COIN Operations .........................1
Samuel Musa, John Morgan, and Matt Keegan
Chapter 2: Policy Considerations—The Department of Defense
and Department of Homeland Security....................................16
James Schear and Arif Alikhan
Chapter 3: Visions of Conflict Policing.....................................................23
John Morgan
Chapter 4: Strategic Lessons from American Policing..............................35
Brian Berrey
Chapter 5: Lessons Learned from Iraq and
Afghanistan Operations............................................................48
Samuel Musa
Chapter 6: Lessons Learned from Past Conflicts.......................................67
Matt Keegan
Chapter 7: COIN Policy and Process.........................................................87
James M. Keagle and Christopher Mann
Chapter 8: Building Indigenous Capacity................................................101
Samuel Musa, John Morgan, and Matt Keegan
Chapter 9: Conclusions............................................................................111
Samuel Musa, John Morgan, and Matt Keegan
Biographies.................................................................................................117
About the Editors........................................................................................123
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Preface
The idea for this monograph was started in early January 2010 with the
initial concept to conduct research on predictive policing and write a paper
on the subject. After several meetings and many ideas considered for the
paper, the co-editors realized that there is a need to expand the target to the
role of policing in counterinsurgency. This was a hot topic and there were
many diverse views in the literature on what the role should be. As the ideas
on this new direction began to materialize, it became clear that this was a
monumental task that would require a workshop to gather and exchange
ideas from a diverse group of experts. The group then began to consider the
framework for the workshop and the desired outcome to influence
policymakers on the future directions of the role of policing. Several options
were then considered on how to go about achieving this goal. The idea of a
monograph then emerged as a good starting point.
The concept of having multiple sessions with each moderator writing a
chapter summarizing their session coupled with their ideas on the subject
began to evolve. Selecting the moderators and the speakers and restricting
the attendance to those invited guests became the next task. The workshop
was then held on September 29, 2010, as a co-sponsored event by the Center
for Technology and National Security Policy (CTNSP) of the National
Defense University (NDU) and the Combating Terrorism Technical Support
Office (CTTSO) of the Threat Support Working Group (TSWG) of the
Department of Defense. The workshop was focused on lessons learned from
past campaigns, development of new strategies, and outlining future
directions for implementation. Participants included leading authors on the
subject, selected individuals from Defense, Justice, and State Departments,
Law Enforcement, Service Academies, and Training Commands and Think
Tanks. Also, select National War College (NWC) and Industrial College of
Armed Forces (ICAF) students with recent experience in Iraq/Afghanistan
participated in the workshop. It was a real success based on the feedback
from the participants. Many of the new ideas generated are presented in this
monograph.
The authors would like to take this opportunity to thank the speakers,
moderators, and co-sponsoring organizations. The authors gratefully
acknowledge the financial support of Starnes Walker, former Director of
Research, and Matt Clark, Director of University Programs, Science and
Technology Directorate, Department of Homeland Security. The authors
also thank Samuel Bendett, Research Associate at CTNSP, for his extensive
support and for providing organizational, logistical, and editorial assistance.
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PREFACE
This effort could not have been produced without Ted Woodcock, who
was the editor for this project. His contributions, support, and dedication to
this effort are greatly appreciated. The authors are also very grateful to
Elizabeth Woodcock for the cover design of this monograph.
The views expressed in this monograph are those of the authors and the contributors to
the chapters and do not reflect the official policy or position of the National Defense
University, the Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office, the Department of
Defense, or the U.S. Government. All information and sources for this monograph were
drawn from unclassified materials.
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