The civil nuclear constabulary: accountability and policing post 9/11
By: Rogers, Colin.
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ArticlePublisher: 2007Description: p.237-45.Subject(s): Accountability | Police
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Police JournalSummary: Britain now appears to be a legitimate target for terrorist who may use a variety of tactics and device to cause as many casulaties, disruption and as much panic in society as possible. One way to achieve this would be through the acquistion of nuclear or biological material in order to create a 'dirty' weapons. The organisation responsible for guarding civil nuclear sites is a recently formed police agency called the Civil Nuclear Constabulary. The CNC is an armed police force which is the first response for any attempt to unlawfully obtain or tamper with nuclear material. This article raises the question of whether the CNC can be considered as a police organisation and raises some anomalies regarding the accountability governance of such a vital organisation. - Reproduced.
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Britain now appears to be a legitimate target for terrorist who may use a variety of tactics and device to cause as many casulaties, disruption and as much panic in society as possible. One way to achieve this would be through the acquistion of nuclear or biological material in order to create a 'dirty' weapons. The organisation responsible for guarding civil nuclear sites is a recently formed police agency called the Civil Nuclear Constabulary. The CNC is an armed police force which is the first response for any attempt to unlawfully obtain or tamper with nuclear material. This article raises the question of whether the CNC can be considered as a police organisation and raises some anomalies regarding the accountability governance of such a vital organisation. - Reproduced.
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