Protecting Transportation: Implementing Security Policies And Programs

Protecting Transportation: Implementing Security Policies and Programs provides a thorough overview of transportation security in the United States, with a focus on policy. The book coversall major transportation modes and puts the American security system into perspective against other national and international systems. Author R. William Johnstone, a transportation security expert and member of the 9/11 Commission staff, discusses how the current transportation security system came to be and how it is performing. Whether you are a current or aspiring transportation security professional, a policymaker, or an engaged citizen, Johnstone's presentation equips you to understand today's issues and debates on a problem that affects every member of the global community. Transportation security has evolved in the years since 9/11 from a relatively modest, sporadic undertaking into a multi-billion dollar enterprise employing tens of thousands. Protecting Transportation describes how that system is organized, funded, and implemented.

• | Author: R William Johnstone
• | Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
• | Publication Date: Jan 28, 2015
• | Number of Pages: 398 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0124081010
• | ISBN-13: 9780124081017