1. What do you perceive to be the differences between investigating computer crime and investigating other felonies?
2. What are the legal differences between a computer crime investigation and other felony investigations?
3. Do you have a computer crime law in your municipality? In your state?
4. Do you have a computer? If so, how do you store your information?
5. Of all the various types of computer crime, which do you think is the most serious?
6. Would legalizing drugs be a feasible solution to the problem?
7. What do you think law enforcement can do to reduce drug use and drug-related crimes?
8. Should the penalty for use of marijuana be reduced
to a misdemeanor as it has been in some states? Should it be legalized, or should it remain a felony? In what amounts should the determination be made?
9. What is your perception of the prevalence of organized crime in your community? Your state? The country?
10. Have you participated in any victimless crimes-for example, gambling? Do you feel that victimless crimes should be legalized?
11. Are there gangs in your community? If so, in what activities do they engage?
12.What does gang membership provide that society does not?
13. Do you think that the community has as much responsibility toward gang prevention as the police do? Why or why not?
14. Do you think hate crimes should have enhanced penalties? Why or why not?
15. What is the police responsibility with regard to investigating gang activity? Hate crimes? Ritualistic crimes?
16. Does your police department have a counterterrorism strategy in place? If so, what?
17. Do you feel Americans have become complacent about terrorism?
18. What barriers to sharing information among the various local, state and federal agencies do you think are most problematic?
19. Should Americans expect to give up some civil liberties to allow law enforcement officers to pursue terrorists?
20. What means might terrorists use to attack the United States in the future? Are we more vulnerable at home or at our interests abroad?