Project: Understanding the Advantages and Risks of Collaborations Between Private Security and Law Enforcement Agencies
As you have learned in this lesson, there are advantages to collaborations between private security and law enforcement agencies. Sharing of resources, information, and training strengthen these collaborations. There are also some drawbacks and potential risks in these collaborations. In this exercise, you will read an article written by an expert in these matters and make an argument for whether you think the benefits outweigh the risks or if the risks outweigh the benefits.

Instructions
Begin by reading Public-Private Partnerships in Homeland Security: Opportunities and Challenges.
If you have any difficulty with vocabulary or sentences, get clarification from your instructor.
After you have read the article, write an editorial that might appear in a local newspaper expressing your opinion about the advantages or disadvantages collaborations between private security and law enforcement agencies.
Assume that your editorial has prompted much public discussion and that you have been asked to make a presentation setting forward your opinion to a group of civic leaders. Your speech should be at least five minutes in length and address the more important points in your original editorial.

Question # 1
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Submit your editorial article expressing your opinion about the advantages and disadvantages of collaboration between private security and law enforcement.

In addition, submit your five-minute speech in which you present your opinion to a group of civic leaders. Make sure that your speech addresses the important points in your original editorial.