Robert Yarbrough
CJUS254-1601A-01
Professor: Joseph Moore

Abstract
My director is not aware of the relationships between the Department of Homeland Security and private sector companies. She has requested an information paper that shows her why these relationships are important, as well as how the DHS uses these companies as a tool for the protection of critical infrastructure and key resources.

To: Director, Executive Secretariat of the Office of the Secretary, DHS

From: Action Officer, Executive Secretariat of the Office of the Secretary, DHS

Ma’am,
Cooperation with all levels and forms of security entities is of paramount importance. We cannot profess to be the best at what we do if we are blind to this fact. There are hundreds of security firms that specialize in all different types, as well as local, state, tribal, and territorial governments and law enforcement agencies that just know the area, the terrain, and the local customs and day to day operations better than any federal agencies ever could. This is why it is important for us to work with these agencies on the ground when we are tasked with preventing or reacting to any security emergencies. This is important because the private sector actually owns and controls the grand majority of the infrastructure that we are sworn to protect. This makes it slightly more complicated for us to control the safety of anything, if we aren’t in direct control. Rather than create a fascist state that dictates laws that may not be the best for the security of a particular field, we have established Critical Infrastructure Advisory Partnerships.

In doing so, we have allowed and encouraged private sector companies controlling the commodities of life we hold so dear to be an active part of their own security processes, in turn learning and utilizing these policies and procedures within our own