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.
Training to use an armored vehicle to breach a building is critical for successful deployment during tactical response
Police K-9s are being trained to detect the nearly-imperceptible scent found on hard drives, thumb drives and tiny SD cards
The Marine Corps’ Combat Hunter Program and the broken windows concept of policing are both about taking action to prevent future undesirable action
The grant from the department’s Bureau of Justice Assistance is intended to fund two resource officers
Footage shows Aaron Alexis arriving to the Navy Yard and stalking the hallways with his gun in-hand
A plainclothes officer guided the terrified family to safety as terrorists are heard yelling in the background
Chief Cathy Lanier says the officer “took two rounds” but survived the rampage
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder will ultimately make the decision about whether to seek the federal death penalty
Gunmen threw grenades and opened fire Saturday in what Kenyan officials are calling a terrorist attack
The Capitol Police department is reviewing an allegation that 4 heavily armed tactical officers were told not to help
Seizure and sale of the property is the government’s largest-ever terrorism-related forfeiture
Aaron Alexis used a valid pass to get into the highly secured installation Monday morning and started firing
The attack on Building 197 in the Washington Navy Yard underscores similarities in response for active shooter and terror scenarios, and reinforces the lesson that training should be multi-disciplinary and multi-jurisdictional
34-year-old Aaron Alexis, a military contract worker, opened fire killing 12 and wounding several more, including an officer
Nna Alpha Onuoha was charged Wednesday with one count each of making a false threat and making threats affecting interstate commerce
A state board voted Wednesday to allow 13 school districts in Arkansas to continue using teachers as armed guards
Reading of names, moments of silence at Ground Zero memorial site, Pentagon, Flight 93 Memorial
Twelve years ago, nearly 3,000 Americans perished in the worst terrorist attack this country has ever suffered — today, we look back, gather ourselves, and fix our gaze upon the future
Hasan could become the first U.S. soldier executed in more than half a century
This allows police to use informants to record sermons and spy on imams, often without specific evidence
An armed security presence is now standard in many of the nation’s middle and high schools
What was once seen as the safest city in the country in the wake of the 9/11 attacks is now seeing criticism for those same protective tactics
Maj. Nidal Hasan is now eligible for the death penalty for the 2009 attack on the Texas miliary base
No one was injured at the elementary school where Michael Brandon Hill, 20, fired 6 shots before surrendering, he was charged with assault on an officer and terroristic threats
The training was a community effort that brought together local, state, and federal agencies
Maj. Nidal Hasan is acting as his own attorney but told the judge that he wouldn’t be putting up a defense
All students and teachers are accounted for and safe, there are no reports of injuries
Partnering with a Texas-based training center, the FBI has been teaching best practices for responding to mass shootings
Why is Maj. Nidal Hasan’s attack being tried as a case of workplace violence and not as an act of terror?
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