Department Speech

In the department of justice it is our job to keep America safe. One of our main priorities for us is to do whatever we can to stop terrorism. And a way we plan on doing that is by keeping all security in transportation areas tight, along with communicating to other countries to see if they will make theirs tighter also. Because we can keep our security as tough as we would like, but if other countries we travel to do not, then we are still putting our self as risks. Also if you have been known to have ties to terrorist then it will make it easier to obtain phone records and tap phone lines. We will also check shipments that come into the U.S. more thoroughly. We will also increase communication and corporation between FBI CIA and Homeland Security because we will get more information on terrorist movements inside and outside the country.

Another thing that we would like to improve on is domestic violence. For those that don’t completely know what this is, here are a few examples; physical, sexual, emotional, economic, or psychological actions or threats of actions that influence another person. This has become an over welling problem, starting in our high schools and on. For example, approximately one in five female high school students reports being physically and/ or sexually abused by a dating partner. While women are less likely than men to be victims of violent crimes overall, women are five to eight times more likely than men to be victimized by an intimate partner. With the numbers of one-third of American women reporting these acts, we need to do something more. So we are imposing that we have tighter laws, and longer jail time. But while serving that jail time, the abusers will have to go through programs, such as seeing a counselor and getting psychological help to figure out why the abuser acts this way. He/she will have to prove to a bored and there counselor(s) that they will not act this way any longer. But if there is a second offense the person will not ever get the chance to prove themselves once again. But will still go through the programs of counseling to help the individual. But for the individual that has been abused we will make sure they get the right help also. We will help set up counseling for this person and even go as far as getting a restraining order and helping them get to a shelter if needed.



But all in all we plan on keeping America safer by having heightened alert systems with tougher laws and more punishment.