Operation Imposing Law
Joint Security Stations
#### Joint Security Stations

The Joint Security Sites (JSS, also known as Joint Security Stations) were occupied by both the Iraqi Security Forces and Provincial Police. In some cases, Combat Outposts (COP) were enlarged to become JSS. On 12 April 2007, MG [William Caldwell IV](/wiki/William_Caldwell_IV "William Caldwell IV") announced that fifty\-four of the 75 outposts and stations were operating in the capital, and the number could rise to 102\.

JSS were set up in the following neighborhoods:
* [Sadr City](/wiki/Sadr_City "Sadr City")
* [Zafaraniyah](/wiki/Al-Za%27franiya "Al-Za'franiya") JSS
* [Hurriyah](/wiki/Al-Hurriya%2C_Baghdad "Al-Hurriya, Baghdad") JSS
* [Ghazaliya](/wiki/Ghazaliya "Ghazaliya") JSS—completed March 2007
* Khansa JSS—completed August 2007
* [Mansour district](/wiki/Mansour_district "Mansour district")
	+ Joint Security Station [Mansour](/wiki/Mansour_district "Mansour district") in the [Jamia](/wiki/Jamia "Jamia") neighborhood of the Mansour district (completed March 2007\)[1st Cavalry Division \| Error 404](http://pao.hood.army.mil/1stcavdiv/Daily%20Charge/07April/DCapr3.pdf) 
* [Karkh Muthana JSS](/wiki/Karkh_Muthana_JSS "Karkh Muthana JSS")
* JSS Torch (completed 19 April).
* [Mushada](/wiki/Mushada "Mushada") JSS
* [Yusufiyah](/wiki/Yusufiyah "Yusufiyah") JSS
* JSS "Arvanitis\-Sigua" in [Bayji](/wiki/Bayji "Bayji") 130 miles north of Baghdad, being completed May 2007\.[Bayji a safer place with new station](http://www.blackanthem.com/News/U_S_Military_19/Bayji_a_safer_place_with_new_station6368.shtml)

Why are Joint Security Stations necessary?