Terrorism Prevention and Response
Because American cops are on the front lines in counterterrorism, the Terrorism Prevention and Response topic page is updated with news and information to protect the homeland from all enemies, foreign and domestic.
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For the nearly 3,000 victims, we owe it to their memory to ensure their stories are not forgotten
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Your first mission is to ensure you are always aware of your surroundings – even when you are at your own house
Such a designation could give law enforcement new tools to combat the groups
A Finnish news agency said the country’s more than 7,000 police officers will soon have submachine guns
The Department of Homeland Security formally classified antifa’s activities as “domestic terrorist violence” in 2016, according to a new report
White supremacy has moved from the dark corners of the internet into American streets, bringing the threat of violence along with it
A public school teacher is charged with terroristic threats and harassment for allegedly making verbal threats of violence to an officer
Police said a second suspect, a 30-year-old man, was detained Sunday on suspicion of involvement in terrorism
About 2,000 people gathered in what was billed as a “Rally Against Hate”
The three police officers were slightly injured while attempting to arrest the 26-year-old suspect
Jim and Doug discuss how crowd control is changing
Mayor Mike Signer said the events on Aug. 12 “raised serious questions about the city’s handling of security, communications, and governance”
Police said they detained the two men on suspicion “of preparation of an offense to be committed with terrorist intent”
Police said with Younes Abouyaaqoub’s death, the group responsible for last week’s fatal van attacks are all dead or in custody
Police said Younes Abouyaaqoub wore what appeared to be an explosives belt when he was shot
The suspect — an 18-year-old Moroccan asylum-seeker — was shot and wounded in the thigh by police during his rampage Friday
One police officer singlehandedly took down four terror suspects in the seaside town of Cambrils Thursday
Antifa has become one of the most prominent militant groups at protests
The back-to-back car attacks could have been far deadlier had an Islamic terrorist cell’s base not been destroyed by an apparently accidental explosion this week
Victims were left sprawled in the street, spattered with blood or crippled by broken limbs
About 2,600 LEOs from throughout South Florida rushed to the airport, but the Broward Sheriff’s Office didn’t take adequate control of the response
Jerry Drake Varnell said he held “III% ideology” and wanted “to start the next revolution,” a reference to the “Three Percenters” patriot movement
With the portable barricades, entrances are closed to traffic but can be lowered to let authorized law enforcement and delivery vehicles through
An official with the national gendarme service said the driver was arrested soon after the incident
Police said a driver slammed his BMW into soldiers in a Paris suburb, injuring six of them in what appeared to be a carefully timed ambush before speeding away
Gov. Mark Dayton called the bombing an act of terrorism when he and other officials visited the mosque
Bloomington Police Chief Jeff Potts said that investigators are trying to determine the cause of the blast
FBI agent and criminal profiler Jim Fitzgerald used forensic linguistics for the first time to identify and capture Theodore Kaczynski
How law enforcement agencies are adopting cloud-based or Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) software solutions as part of the fight against crime
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said that security has been increased at Sydney Airport since Thursday because of the plot
Yvonne C. Felarca, 47, was arrested Tuesday on charges of inciting and participating in a riot and assault likely to cause great bodily injury
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