Some of the programs such as Neighborhood Watches is to bring neighborhood residents closer together to focus on disaster preparedness as well as terrorism awareness, Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT) is a program that provides civilians with training in emergency management planning and response functions to respond to disasters, to provide critical support to first responders, Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) is a program of retired health care professionals that volunteer to address their community’s ongoing public health needs and Volunteers in Police Service (VIPS) are civilian volunteers to do non-sworn duties that would free up time for sworn officers to spend more time with critical functions (Docobo, 2005). I believe having community policing is a good fit for the homeland security initiates. If the neighborhood residents want to get involved at the local level for homeland security, after providing the necessary training and education, I believe the more people involved in our national security, the better. There is a saying that it takes a whole neighborhood to raise a