C3 policing
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C3 Policing or Counter Criminal Continuum Policing is a modification of counter-insurgency
("COIN") methods used by U.S. Armed Forces adapted for use by law enforcement agencies. A team of Massachusetts State Troopers
(MSP), designated as the Special Projects Team and the City of Springfield Police Department, have implemented COIN principles in its efforts to combat criminal street gangs
in the North End section of Springfield.
with the Army National Guard's 19th Special Forces Group named Michael Cutone. Cutone is a Massachusetts State Trooper and is assigned to the MSP Springfield Barracks. In 2006, Cutone returned from a deployment in Iraq where his unit had used the principles of COIN to defeat insurgent networks. In October 2009, during the course of his patrol duties in Springfield, he determined that the principals of COIN utilized in Iraq could also be implemented to detect, disrupt, degrade and dismantle gang activity in that city's crime plagued North End section. That initiative has received accolades from the citizens of the North End section as well as local public officials.
Counter-insurgency
A counter-insurgency or counterinsurgency involves actions taken by the recognized government of a nation to contain or quell an insurgency taken up against it...
("COIN") methods used by U.S. Armed Forces adapted for use by law enforcement agencies. A team of Massachusetts State Troopers
Massachusetts State Police
The Massachusetts State Police is an agency of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts' Executive Office of Public Safety and Security responsible for criminal law enforcement and traffic vehicle regulation across the state...
(MSP), designated as the Special Projects Team and the City of Springfield Police Department, have implemented COIN principles in its efforts to combat criminal street gangs
Gang
A gang is a group of people who, through the organization, formation, and establishment of an assemblage, share a common identity. In current usage it typically denotes a criminal organization or else a criminal affiliation. In early usage, the word gang referred to a group of workmen...
in the North End section of Springfield.
Background
The model was adapted by a senior NCONon-commissioned officer
A non-commissioned officer , called a sub-officer in some countries, is a military officer who has not been given a commission...
with the Army National Guard's 19th Special Forces Group named Michael Cutone. Cutone is a Massachusetts State Trooper and is assigned to the MSP Springfield Barracks. In 2006, Cutone returned from a deployment in Iraq where his unit had used the principles of COIN to defeat insurgent networks. In October 2009, during the course of his patrol duties in Springfield, he determined that the principals of COIN utilized in Iraq could also be implemented to detect, disrupt, degrade and dismantle gang activity in that city's crime plagued North End section. That initiative has received accolades from the citizens of the North End section as well as local public officials.