Counterterrorism Policies in a University Environment

Running head: COUNTERTERRORISM POLICING POLICY
Counterterrorism Policing Policy
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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Features of Counterterrorism Policies........................................................................................2
Counterterrorism Policies...........................................................................................................4
Role of Law Enforcement Agencies..........................................................................................7
Effectiveness of Policies............................................................................................................8
Issues Faced in Implementing Counterterrorism Policies..........................................................9
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................9
References................................................................................................................................11
Bibliography.............................................................................................................................14

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Introduction
The report focuses on the development and analysis of the counterterrorism policies
of Australia. The terrorist organizations today are developing and adapting to the technology
and using it against human kind. The threat has a far-reaching effect on the society and the
government needs to device new strategies to counter them. The answer to growing terrorist
threat is the counterterrorism policing policies devised by the government against these
threats. The counterterrorism police is the department of the police dealing with the terrorist
threats from the infiltrated terrorists in the country (nationalsecurity.gov.au 2017). The
growth of globalization has brought the world under one umbrella and the world flourishes
with improved trade and communication networks. This phenomenon has also brought a
drastic change in the terrorism strategies around the world. The counterterrorism strategy of
Australia is based on the Counter Terrorist Strategy (CONTEST) of the United Kingdom
(UK) and the counterterrorism policies of the United States of America. The CONTEST
operates in different levels of the policing and providing support and help to in case of any
terrorist activity (Gov.uk 2011). On the contrary, the USA depends on its Homeland Security
for countering its terrorism threats across the country (Homeland.house.gov 2016). Australia
has a three level policing system and they should be trained to counteract any terrorist
activities (www.nationalsecurity.gov.au 2017). The development of threat control strategies
are based on the infrastructures planed by the UK and USA. Australia has recently developed
strategies to develop counterterrorism policing and there are number of areas of development.
Features of Counterterrorism Policies
The counterterrorism practices of a country must focus on the internal policies and
action plans to be developed for the police to follow for the control. The National Counter
Terrorism Plan of Australia focuses on developing strategies against the spread of terrorism

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with the aim of protecting the citizens and prevents the infiltration of the terrorists in the
country (Dst.defence.gov.au 2010). Australia is an island country so it faces a major threat of
infiltration by the terrorist forces. The rise the pro-Islamism movement around the world has
given rise to Islamic terrorism and it increases its foothold in a number of countries including
Australia. The rise of terrorism has different causes, and there are different plans put forward
by the Australia Government to mitigate them (Harris-Hogan, Barrelle and Zammit 2016).
The radical terrorism has affected the country in a number of ways giving rise to increase in
the number of terrorist activities across the country. The attack on the police officer in
Melbourne by a 18 year old youth, Numan Haidar who stabbed two police officers before
being shot dead (NewsComAu 2017). The most important issue that the Australian
government like the world faces is the misleading of youths by the radical Islamic groups.
Numan Haider’s attack too took place after a fatwa by Islamic State to kill Australians. The
rise in the number of terrorist attacks is often due to the improvement in the social media,
which has helped the rise of radical Islam (Estes and Sirgy 2014). Terrorist are using
communication technologies to woo the Muslim youth into performing extremist actions
misguiding them in the name of religious duty. The Lindt café siege in Sydney is another
example of the misguided youth and emotion fuelled terrorism in the country (ABC News
2017). The siege also brought forward the flaw in the police action in such attacks as one of
the hostages was killed in the crossfire. The death of the two people in the crossfire shows the
need to develop strategies to counter terrorism attacks. Most of the terrorist attacks are such
rage fuelled hate attacks by usual citizens rather than from trained terrorists. The anger
against the Western civilization fuelled by the radical Islamic organization is the main cause
of the attacks and the threat has to be dealt seriously. The control over the communication
technology today is tough thing to do but awareness towards these issues should be
conducted to avoid such attacks.