Table of Contents

1. Introduction; 2. Seamless Law Enforcement Cooperation: The Nordic Police Liaison Officers; 3. National Policies on Liaison Officers: The Belgian Perspective with a Special Focus on Western Africa; 4. Australian Liaison Officers - Connecting the World Down Under; 5. Strategic Analysis of Police Liaison Officers Deployed in Washington D.C.; 6. How Can Police Liaison Officers be Effective? A Psychological Case-Study of Dutch Expatriates; 7. EU Policy-making on Liaison Officers; 8. Making International Law Enforcement Networks More Efficient: Time to Reposition the Liaison Officer; 9. 9 The Europol Liaison Officer: A Breed Apart; 10. Carefully Managing Expectations: The role of the 'Force International Liaison Officer' within British policing; 11. Counter-Terrorism Liaison Officers: a Trusted Anachronism?; 12. Epilogue.

About the Author

Ludo Block is a director at Grant Thornton Forensic & Investigation Services in the Netherlands Monica den Boer holds a position at the Police Academy of The Netherlands and is a Member of the Committee on European Integration of the Advisory Council on International Affairs