Making Liberia Safe

Transformation of the National Security Sector

David C. Gompert, Olga Oliker, Brooke Stearns Lawson, Keith Crane, K. Jack Riley

ResearchPublished May 6, 2007

Liberia’s new government, under President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, has made security sector transformation a high priority. The authors analyze Liberia’s complex security environment, set forth an integrated security concept to guide the formation and use of those forces and new institutions to manage them, and assemble a complete security structure. They then develop specific force-structure options and discuss the cost-effectiveness of each. Finally, they suggest immediate steps toward implementation of the new security structure. These include development and coordination of detailed integrated force plans with the United States and the UN; a design and plans for a small police quick-reaction unit and small Coast Guard; attention to building court and corrections-system capacity; and consolidation, reduction, and appropriate recruiting, vetting, and training of the currently independent multiple police forces, customs, and intelligence personnel.

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  • Copyright: RAND Corporation
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  • Year: 2007
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  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.7249/MG529
  • Document Number: MG-529-OSD

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Gompert, David C., Olga Oliker, Brooke Stearns Lawson, Keith Crane, and K. Jack Riley, Making Liberia Safe: Transformation of the National Security Sector, RAND Corporation, MG-529-OSD, 2007. As of October 11, 2024: https://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG529.html
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Gompert, David C., Olga Oliker, Brooke Stearns Lawson, Keith Crane, and K. Jack Riley, Making Liberia Safe: Transformation of the National Security Sector. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2007. https://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG529.html. Also available in print form.
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