DHS Creates Council to Institutionalize Best Practices in Law Enforcement
DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said that his hope is that state and local police agencies will be able to receive best practices from the department.
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The Department of Homeland Security has announced the formation of the Law Enforcement Coordination Council (LECC), the “first ever” department-wide body that will serve as a governing organization for the department’s agencies like the U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement, reports ABC News. Chaired by Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, the LECC is intended as an effort to “institutionalize best practices in law enforcement” through revamped training and use-of-force policies that have been a subject of Mayorkas’ portfolio since his previous stint with the department in 2009.
Mayorkas explained that the results of the commission and best practices will be integrated into the department’s federal law enforcement training center. Mayorkas also said that the commission will look into various Department of Homeland Security agency policies, to ensure that any law enforcement policy discrepancies between agencies is “intentional” to fit the needs of that agency. Because many state and local law enforcement agencies train at the training center, the Secretary said his hope is they will be able to receive best practices from the department.
