Environmental Scan — June 2003

TABLE OF CONTENTS
	Foreword
	Acknowledgements
	Demographics
	Society
	Economy
	Politics & Governance
	Science & Technology
	Environment
	Policing & Security
	Appendix A — Legislative Overview
	Appendix B — Acronyms

POLICING AND SECURITY

Summary

This section updates the evolution of trends identified in 2002.

Three overarching observations have taken shape over
the last year and dominate the global policing and
security landscape:

• transformative international security environment - driven by converging global tensions
• enhanced interconnectivity - between organized crime syndicates and terrorism networks - mirroring multinational enterprises
• commitment to consensus building and interoperability - pivotal as security community moves from transition stage to strategic action

In this section

• a new world of weapons proliferation - global consensus on control mechanisms break down
• organized crime continues to flourish under the radar as focus remains on terrorism
• law enforcement/security gaps - significant research, knowledge and capacity gaps as process of integration intensifies

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