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The Cyclops

By Jonathan Simor

David Johston reports in the NYTimes on the growing unease in American law enforcement with the federal governments continued focus on terrorism (to the exclusion of crime). Some of the billions once spent by the federal government to incentive participation in the war on drugs, has been shifted to fighting terror, but while local police have responded by seeking anti-terror funds for training and equipment, they are concerned that crime is getting short shrift.The Providence police chief, Col. Dean M. Esserman, said the federal government seemed unable to balance antiterror efforts and crime fighting. ?Our nation, that I love, is like a great giant that can deal with a problem when it focuses on it,? said Colonel Esserman, who has been chief since 2003, when he was hired by Mayor David N...continue to full post

Full post as published by Governing Through Crime on July 23, 2008 (boomark / email).