HLS 615 Discussion: Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

HLS 615 Discussion Forum 1
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Introduction
Homeland Security of America is an organisation that was established to ensure the USA is safe from terrorism and other dangers, particularly when the interest of the nation and its aspirations are focusing. This is to ensure that the life of the Americans can thrive and minimise the vulnerability of the USA to terrorism. The umbrella is not just constrained to terrorism. Terrorist attacks are just one of the many hazards to the society (Alperen,2010).
Since the establishment of the organisation, there have been trends in Homeland Security to assist the public in the best way possible regarding security. This has been developed to reduce the number of death that happens due to cases such as terrorism (Homel, 2016). While this is still the primary objective of the body, to achieve the said issues, there has been the development of various programs or groups as described below.
Community Emergency Response Team (CERT): This is a program that was established in order educate the public about disaster preparedness and also train them on how to respond to disasters such as ...