Prelims

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Challenges to US and Mexican Police and Tourism Stability

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Tourism Security-Safety and Post Conflict Destinations

Series editors: Maximiliano E. Korstanje and Hugues Seraphin

Since the turn of the century, the international rules surrounding security and safety have significantly changed, specifically within the tourism industry. In the age of globalization, terrorism and conflict have moved beyond individual high-profile targets; instead, tourists, travellers, and journalists are at risk. In response to this shift, the series invites authors and scholars to contribute to the conversation surrounding tourism security and postconflict destinations.

The series features monographs and edited collections to create a critical platform which not only explores the dichotomies of tourism from the theory of mobilities but also provides an insightful guide for policymakers, specialists, and social scientists interested in the future of tourism in a society where uncertainness, anxiety, and fear prevail.

Tourism Security-Safety and Post Conflict Destinations explores research approaches and perspectives from a wide range of ideological backgrounds to discuss topics such as:

• Studies related to comparative cross-cultural perceptions of risk and threat

• Natural and human-caused disasters

• Postdisaster recovery strategies in tourism and hospitality

• Terror movies and tourism

• Aviation safety and security

• Crime and security issues in tourism and hospitality

• Political instability, terrorism, and tourism

• Thanatourism

• War on terror and Muslim tourism

• The effects of global warming on tourism destinations

• Innovative quantitative/qualitative methods for the study of risk and security issues in tourism and hospitality

• Virus outbreaks and tourism mobility

• Disasters, trauma, and tourism

• Apocalyptic theories and tourism as a form of entertainment

Editorial Advisory Board

• Oleg Afanasiev

• Russian State University of Tourism, Russia

• David Altheide

• Arizona State University, USA

• Ericka Amorin

• Polytechnic Institute of Tomar, Portugal

• Lwazi Apleni

• University of Zululand, South Africa

• David Baker

• Tennessee State University, USA

• Brian Berquist

• University of Wisconsin at Stout, USA

• Raoul Bianchi

• University of West London, UK

• Paul Brunt

• Plymouth University, UK

• Dimitrios Buhalis

• Bournemouth University, UK

• Richard Butler

• University of Strathclyde, UK

• Erdinc Camak

• Breda University, Netherlands

• Neil Carr

• University of Otago, New Zealand

• Anthony Clayton

• The University of West Indies, Jamaica

• Erik H. Cohen

• Bar IIan University, Israel

• Jean Costa Henriquez

• University of the State of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

• Gerry Coulter

• Bishop's University, Canada

• Mahmoud Eid

• University of Ottawa, Canada

• Elspeth Frew

• La Trobe University, Australia

• Alan Fyall

• University of Central Florida, USA

• Babu George

• Fort Hays State University, USA

• Vanessa G. Gowreesunkar

• University of Africa, Toru Orua, Nigeria

• Ulrike Gretzel

• University of Southern California, USA

• Tony Henthorne

• University of Nevada, USA

• Freya Higgins-Desbiolles

• University of South Australia, Australia

• Luke Howie

• Monash University, Australia

• Rami Isaac

• Breda University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands

• Stanislav Ivanov

• Varna University of Management, Bulgaria

• Metin Kozak

• Dokuz Eylul University, Turkey

• Sharad K. Kulshreshtha

• North Eastern Hill University Shillong Meghalaya, India

• Dominic Lapointe

• University of Quebec at Montreal, Canada

• Duncan Light

• Bournemouth University, UK

• Claudio Milano

• The Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain

• Cesar Augusto Oliveros

• University of Guadalajara, Mexico

• Daniel Olsen

• Brigham Young University, USA

• Andreas Papatheodorou

• University of Aegean, Greece

• Alexandros Paraskevas

• Oxford Brookes University, UK

• Lorri Pennington Gray

• University of Florida, USA

• Abraham Pizam

• University of Central Florida, USA

• Arie Reichel

• Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

• Claudia Seabra

• University of Coimbra, Portugal

• Anukrati Sharma

• University of Kota, India

• Richard A. Sharpley

• University of Central Lancashire, UK

• Jonathan Skinner

• University of Roehampton, UK

• Geoffrey Skoll

• Buffalo State College, USA

• Marta Soligo

• University of Nevada, USA

• Peter Tarlow

• Texas A&M University, USA

• Dallen Timothy

• Arizona State University, USA

• Marcelo Tomé de Barros

• State University of Fluminense, Brazil

• Diego R. Toubes

• University of Vigo, Spain

• Rodanthi Tzanelli

• University of Leeds, UK

• Ghialy Yap

• Edith Cowan University, Australia

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Challenges to US and Mexican Police and Tourism Stability

by

Peter E. Tarlow

Tourism & More, Inc., USA

United Kingdom – North America – Japan – India – Malaysia – China

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First edition 2023

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Dedication

I dedicate this book to law enforcement with a special dedication to the men and women of the College Station (Texas) police department for whom I have had the honor of serving as a police chaplain for over three decades. I am grateful for your efforts in keeping our community including my family and me safe for these many years.

Acknowledgements

It is never easy to write a book, and this book proved to be psychologically especially difficult. I wrote this book at a time when many American and their Mexican colleagues not only felt to be under attack but also were attacked. In the United States the early years of the twenty-first century's third decade proved to be especially bloody for the United States and American law enforcement. Many of these men and women worried each day if they would return home. They also felt isolated by some politicians and members of the media. In my case I had to find a way to separate my emotions from objectivity and create a work that reflected all sides of a continual dialogue.

This challenge could not be met without the formal and informal discussions that I had with many in law enforcement. I want to thank law enforcement officers, both current and past, for their input, ideas, and challenges. Among them I want to thank my Mexican colleagues and friends, especially Manuel Eduardo Flores, Frank Nuñez, Manuel Ramírez, and Carlos Uriquidi. I also want to thank Ferran Anguera of Barcelona, Spain.

I cannot begin to thank Dr Maximilio Korstanje for all of his insights and encouragement.

I would also be remiss in not thanking two Argentinian friends, Fabian Olmos.

Many of my American friends and colleagues also provided me with insights and encouragement. I want to thank my friends Calder Lively, Larry Steinman, and Steve Vincent for their commentaries and conversations. I also want to thank many of the College Station police officers with whom I shared opinions and ideas.

Finally, I want to thank my stepson, Josh Frager, my son-in-law, Menelaos, and my children, Nathaniel and Lysandra, for all of their love. Finally, I want to thank my wife, Sara, for having put up with me during the writing of this book and for all of her support.

To each of you, I send my love and give special thanks.

Peter E. Tarlow

College Station, TX, USA, October 2022