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.
The most dangerous weapon so far in terms of Westerner recruitment has been the Islamic State’s ability to characterize smaller acts of terrorism as being valuable and important
First responders need to open lines of communication and share knowledge, experience and resources so we can coalesce all of our assets
We asked our readers how their police agencies were using (or planning to use) drones and some of the challenges they’ve faced along the way
Police said a 15-year-old male student was making threats Thursday morning to “shoot up the school” and idolized the Columbine shooters and the Aurora theater shooter
Avoiding identity fraud is one of the biggest lessons from the 9/11 Commission and other terrorism investigations
A suicidal gunman killed one person and wounded two others — including a doctor — before turning the gun on himself
Campus police around the country are increasingly expanding their jurisdiction beyond the school and into the surrounding neighborhoods
The arrest of a Kansas man accused of trying to bring what he thought was a car bomb into a Wichita airport marked the culmination of a months-long undercover sting
Claire Davis, 17, was shot in the head at point-blank range and remains in critical condition; she was believed to be a random target
Bells tolled 26 times to honor the children and educators killed one year ago at Sandy Hook elementary
Karl Pierson, 18, had a previous altercation with a teacher at the school; student alerted the teacher that he was armed
An avionics technician who worked at the airport was unaware he’d been communicating with an undercover detective about violent jihad
Surrounding schools are on lockdown as authorities investigate; police believe the gunman killed himself
Michael Adebolajo, 28, said that he attacked soldier Lee Rigby because he wanted to protest Britain’s invasion of Muslim lands
James Comey stopped in at the New Haven field office Friday with a message that the agency stands ready to help local and state law enforcement
One caller told police in a trembling, breathless voice that a gunman was shooting inside the building
Experts say that those who carry out horrific acts pick their dates very carefully, and that anniversaries may serve as a blueprint for evil
The AP will review the tapes’ content and determine what might meet its standards before releasing material
SWAT teams searching the Ivy League campus did not find a gunman after a room-by-room search and the lockdown was lifted
Chilling video of man dressed in black, wearing a helmet and carrying a large gun caught on surveillance
The FBI said it was too early to say whether the blast in Jackson County, which injured no one, was terror-related
Judge Eliot Prescott said he will listen to the recordings, then issue a decision at a hearing scheduled for Nov. 25
The officers tried to respond to the Navy Yard but could not even reach the command post there because of traffic snarls caused by emergency vehicles
He crawled into a closet and used a sweatshirt as a tourniquet to stop his leg from bleeding
The idea for K9s4KIDs grew out of school shootings and suggestions on applications for police dogs
A bomb squad was called in after receiving reports of two men breaking into a school with what looked like rifles
An armed man was spotted on the campus of Central Connecticut State University on Monday, prompting a schoolwide lockdown
Creating a fail-safe security perimeter for the terminal area would be extremely costly and might shift attacks to other public gathering places
The NYPD bought 100 mobile security cameras in the wake of the Boston attack
The gunman opened fire early Friday morning, forcing an evacuation of Terminal 3
Students returning to school for the first time since last week’s shooting will be greeted by extra police officers
Commissioner Edward Davis made a point to share some lessons learned from the response to this terrorist attack that might benefit other agencies
