Improving Border Security (Research Paper Sample)

Security Improvement
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INTERNAL MEMORANDUM
TO: Commissioner of Customs and Border Protection
FROM: Mr. Philip Bale, Academic Director
DATE: February, 22, 2014
SUBJECT: Improvement of Border Security
It is a great honor working together with your department in conducting this research and coming up with solutions, and strategies that fit to be put in place in improving border security. Upon completion of the research, I made a detailed report containing the findings and recommendations.
The report contains information on the findings as well as recommendations on the measures that need to be put in place in improving border security. There are two key recommendations made in the report which are; increasing the number of security personnel on the border points as well as increasing the border check point. The report provides improvements that can be made on the existing border points and how technology can be integrated in our border points.
Any questions or adjustments to the report are highly welcome.
Table of Contents
Internal Memorandum…………………………………………………………………….2
Introduction………………………………………………………………………………..4
Problem Statement…………………………………………………………………………5
Statement of the Purpose…………………………………………………………………..7
Literature Review…………………………………………………………………………..7
Recommendations…………………………………………………………………………10
Conclusion………………………………………………………………………………….11
References………………………………………………………………………………….12
INTRODUCTION
The Department of Customs and Border Protection is one the most crucial department in any Country and a key organ in the Department of National Security. Unless the borders are safe, safety within the nation cannot be guaranteed. Concerns about the rising crime levels such as terrorism, drug and human trafficking, and other international crimes have raised the public concern on the state of the nation's borders. Border security has also resulted to diplomacy wrangles among bordering nations with due to suspicions of spying activity and illegal trade. Illegal immigration along the border points has also raised questions on the safety of the border points. This is an issue that cannot just be addressed in isolation; there are other issues such as trade and also the rate at which commerce is increasing.
The request and approval to carry out a research on the state of border security and how to improve it has come at the right time when there is a need to address security issues in the country. This report focuses on changes that need to be made on the existing measures put in place to enhance border security. It also provides new measures and strategies which can be serving well in improving the state of border security. The current security personnel on the border points have been accused of corruption which has attributed to serious security problems on the border points. The report focuses on two key areas that security organs need to focus on to improve security on the border points. Integrating technology, which enhances interagency collaboration on border points, is one of the key recommendation, as well as increasing the number of security personnel who monitor border points. Technology has improved how security organs operate and reduced the repose time taken. In terms of personnel, they should be members from different security organs; there should be a team that carries out a 24 hour surveillance of all the border points.
PROBLEM STATEMENT
The existing security measures operating within the border points have been identified to be effective in terms of maintaining high level security on the border point. With the increasing crime, border insecurity is a significant contributor to internal insecurity. Border points are on the dry and wet land which makes monitoring more challenging. There are also emerging security threat such as terrorism which the current security systems are not able to handle in the right manner. Criminals have also been able to influence the operations of border security by giving out bribes to corrupt border personnel. The security levels have been in existence for many years and any person who does a research on them can be able to identify its weaknesses making it vulnerable to all type of crime. Lot of activities take place along the border points, with increased globalization, which has been brought about by tourism, trade and also job seeking, the current security plans cannot handle the increasing need for improved border point security. There is a need for the government to stay ahead in the fast evolving world; there is always a new threat in waiting which puts global security at risk.
Some of the areas, where increase in crime has been attributed to weak border security include.
1. Drug Trafficking
Illegal drug trafficking is a crime that the government has tried to deal with for many years. However; those dealing in this crime have made their operations more sophisticated. It has become a complex organized crime with networks that are becoming hard to investigate.
2. Illegal works and business.
Illegal business operations and even employees have a negative effect on the economy development. Some of the businesses create a “shadow” economy which affects legitimate trade with unfair market competition. Illegal workers pose a threat in the job market making it diff...