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.
CIA and FBI analyst Philip Mudd describes the goals and methods for local law enforcement networks to focus their concerns
We must never forget what happened 20 years ago on 9/11 and what must be done to ensure it never happens again
Podcast hosts Jim Dudley, Chris Cebollero, Marc Bashoor and Rob Lawrence address how 9/11 affected all facets of public safety
The motive of Saturday’s attack is still unclear, but the FBI is investigating it as a “potential act of terrorism” and ISIS claimed responsibility
NJ police were responding to a call of a man sleeping in a doorway, believed to be Ahmad Khan Rahami, when the man opened fire, injuring two officers
Officials would not say if they believe the blast was terror-related, but said it didn’t appear to be connected to an explosion in a crowded Manhattan neighborhood
A man in a private security uniform stabbed nine people, reportedly mentioning Allah and asking at least one victim if they were Muslim before an off-duty cop shot and killed him
Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who toured the site of the blast in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood, said there didn’t appear to be any link to international terrorism
SWAT teams should keep a watchful eye on the future in order to prepare for the worst
Regional SWAT teams aren’t for every agency, but they can provide a great service to those who need it
Six officers who responded to the San Bernardino shooting massacre were among those awarded the Medal of Valor
When the public, the press and politicians say police don’t need tanks, these strategies can help you make that critical purchase
Even as we remember the past, we consider the present and look toward the future
The radicalized lone-actor who resides in the United States is an increasing threat
Suspect described as a dangerous man who had deliberate plan to cause a mass casualty event at one or more locations in the county
Officer Jesse Hartnett was critically wounded by a Glock reported stolen by a veteran colleague three years earlier
We need to take our equipment and training to the next level in order to be a step above everyone else when it comes to our rifle skills
Currently, the JAG program funds projects that fall into seven purpose areas
A suspect banned from associating with ISIS was dead after Canada’s national police force thwarted what an official said was a suicide bomb plot
The group called it an act of reprisal carried out by one of its “soldiers”
The mass shootings in Orlando, Dallas and elsewhere have prompted the nation’s largest PD to accelerate a $7.5M program to distribute heavy-duty body armor
Two female cops were wounded by a man wielding a machete outside a police station
Multiple ATF agents responded early Wednesday
A teenager went on a knife rampage through London’s Russell Square, fatally stabbing an American woman and wounding five other people
The officers tracked the suspects and prevailed in a gun battle, preventing the attackers from doing further harm and rescuing a fellow LEO in the effort
For years, authorities had concerns about Metro Transit Police Officer Nicholas Young
A Washington, D.C.-area transit police officer has been charged in an FBI sting with attempting to support the Islamic State group
Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe wrote in the Mail on Sunday newspaper that a London attack was “a case of when, not if”
The new arrests come amid political scandal over limited police presence in Nice the night of the bloodshed
The plot was announced by authorities on Thursday when 10 Brazilians were arrested in different states of Brazil
Police officials piecing together a portrait of the shooter said he was seeing a doctor up to last month for treatment of depression and psychiatric problems
17-year-old Afghan asylum-seeker who went on a rampage on a train appears to have acted alone, goaded on by online Islamic extremist propaganda