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The Maritime Executive
The White House Office of Management and Budget recently released a sweeping proposal to overhaul the organization of the federal government, including the nation's maritime agencies. The proposal — titled "Delivering Government Solutions in the 21st Century" — calls for tectonic shift in the structure of the federal government. It would also add several new functions to the portfolio of the Department of Transportation and its civilian maritime division, the Maritime Administration.
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| Check out 2 new podcasts, and some very interesting interviews
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Podcast 8-18: Maritime Opportunities and Challenges in Guyana
An Interview with Andy Austin, Retired U.S. Coast Guard Officer and President of AMES Maritime Security, along with John Flores, Guyana's Director of Maritime Safety.
With the discovery of significant oil deposits off it's coast, the small country of Guyana (population 750,000) is going through some significant changes as it prepares for the wells to start producing in 2020. A nation with very minimal maritime experience or expertise, partnerships with individuals and organizations that can help guide the country, its citizens, and the industry through the development process are critical to the country. Listen to this interview with Andy Austin, a Guyanese citizen and a retired U.S. Coast Guard officer, along with John Flores, a former Guyana Coast Guard officer, as they discuss some of the opportunities, as well as the challenges they are facing, and what specific resources and immediate needs they are working on in partnership with the Academy. Click here to access the Podcast page.
Podcast 7-18: Addressing School Safety with a SAFER-TEAM Approach
An Interview with Martin Lopez, President of Red Team Safety and Security, an NMLEA partner in the SAFER-TEAM Program.
As we struggle with the reality that an Active Threat is something affecting our schools, our churches, our business and our public arenas, we must look at the issue and address it with a "whole of community" approach. No one solution will erase the threat, but a compilation of efforts can mitigate the potential outcomes. Learn why the NMLEA partnered with Red Team Safety and Security to approach this problem with an innovative method to make our families safer. Click here to access the Podcast page.
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(The Training Minute is a weekly feature, focused on a key training issue, technique, process, article or tip.)
In partnership with the NMLEA, Ellipsis Behavior Laboratories is the leading behavior science training company for the U.S. Military and Law Enforcement. The Tactical Behavior Science Class is specifically designed to save Law Enforcement lives. The ability to read and influence human behavior at this level will give officers the ability to assess situations with greater clarity, improve community trust, and obtain compliance in difficult situations. (Check out our White Paper on this subject by clicking here.)
This week's Training Minute subject area from Tactical Behavior Science: Violence.
Violent behavior can come out in less than a second. Spotting it takes careful observation, and contrary to what some books and magazine articles might say, unless you've watched behavior for quite some time, you won't see the signs.
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| NMLEA STAR Product in the News: RiskSense in 2018 Awards Program
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If you want to learn more about cyber risk management, and why RiskSense is getting a lot of national, industry and government attention, check out this story in American Security Today. You'll see an interview with the RiskSense CEO Dr. Srinivas Makkamala, and a breakdown of what makes RiskSense so different in this evolving world.
For maritime stakeholders (port authorities, shipping companies, cruise lines, etc.), now is the time to look at a scalable cyber risk management tool that can identify your assets, their key vulnerabilities, and potential exploits, and prioritize them for you using intelligence resources and a dashboard visual Risk Score that can help you manage the threats.
To learn more about how RiskSense platform can provide the cyber risk management tools that you need to safety and securely become proactive vs. reactive for as little as $12.50 per device, contact us at Cyber@nmlea.org and we will connect you to the RiskSense team.
About the STAR Program
The NMLEA has developed a program to help agencies and vendors discern products in a crowded marketplace by utilizing our staff and our members to provide reviews and evaluations of products. Our cadre of professionals have spent more than two decades compiling a body of knowledge and developing solutions for agencies in the areas of equipment evaluation, testing, acquisition, management and sustainment. We've taken that experience to develop an evaluation and assessment protocol and called it the NMLEA STAR PROGRAM: Service Tested — Academy Recognized. Helping teams throughout the Nation at the local, county, state, federal, tribal, military and private sector levels (and internationally through the IMLEA), the STAR Program provides a network of operators, peers and subject matter experts to help in the evaluation and assessment processes.
| NMLEA Workshop planning happening now, and you can be a part of the process
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The Academy staff is working on its workshop plans for the balance of the year, and into 2019. The goal is to deliver a workshop in the following regions: Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Southeast, Gulf Coast, Great Lakes, Northwest and Southwest. The 1 or 2 day Workshop Agendas include subject areas like these: Tactical Behavior Science, Advanced Firearms training, Maritime Active Threat Response, Industry State of the Union (hear directly from key manufacturers), Grant Forecast (what's on the horizon as it relates to the PSGP,) Training Advances in the Maritime First Responder Community, National Maritime Intelligence Efforts (and how they relate to you and your area of operations,) and the latest in Maritime Border Security.
Would you like a workshop in your area? You can be a part of the planning process by letting us know when and where you would like to have the workshop. Just send an email to info@nmlea.org with "Workshops" in the subject line. Make your recommendations and we’ll be sure to include you in the process. Or, if you like to brainstorm about how a workshop would look in your area, reach out to the boss directly: Mark.DuPont@nmlea.org.
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CIMSEC
Despite the centrality of innovation in the War on Drugs, there have been few attempts to understand the process. Given that 90 percent of the cocaine from Andean countries is transported using maritime routes, it is necessary to analyze the development of drug trafficker and state agency technologies in the maritime environment.
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West Central Online
The Canadian Safe Boating Council is warning people of the dangers of operating a boat while impaired by any drug — not just alcohol — as the country gets ready to legalize recreational marijuana use this year. Ian Gilson, Director of the CBSC said the impaired operation of boating vehicles is always one of the organizations top concerns, but this year, they're expanding their focus to include marijuana and prescription drugs.
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CBS News
The acting deputy secretary of homeland security warned employees recently that "there may be a heightened threat" against them, according to a memo obtained by CBS News. The warning comes amid the increasing furor over the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" immigration policy.
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The New York Times
In a major statement on privacy in the digital age, the Supreme Court ruled that the government generally needs a warrant to collect troves of location data about the customers of cellphone companies. The 5-to-4 ruling will protect "deeply revealing" records associated with 400 million devices, the chief justice wrote. It did not matter, he wrote, that the records were in the hands of a third party.
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Texas Public Radio
Lockheed Martin will launch a new cyber arm in San Antonio that will grow to 100 jobs over the next two years, according to company officials. The new office being built inside Port San Antonio’s Project Tech building represents one of a handful of facilities Lockheed has built in client-adjacent offices. Other sites include Ft. Mead, Maryland; Colorado Springs, Colorado; and Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.
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Trade Only Today
The U.S. government has approved funding needed for the Outdoor Recreational Satellite Account to study the economic impact of outdoor recreational in the coming year. The U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee last week included funding for the Department of Commerce's Bureau of Economic Analysis ORSA in its Fiscal Year 2019 Commerce, Justice, and Science bill. Lawmakers set funding at $1.5 million, meeting the funding levels necessary to survey the economic impact of the outdoor recreation industry in the coming fiscal year.
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Omaha World-Herald
"Life jackets are just like seat belts. They can't save you if you don't wear them," says Herb Angell, Boating Law Administrator for the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, addressing the topic after two men died in Nebraska lakes over the Father's Day weekend. Authorities said neither one was wearing a life jacket.
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Los Angeles Times
California's Huntington Beach Police Department received the City Council's unanimous approval for a one-year pilot program to learn how two drones can be used to enhance public safety. The program will include joint training and testing exercises with the Fire Department and Marine Safety Division, according to Police Chief Robert Handy.
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