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.
From the police force that protects our nation’s marine wildlife to the New York cops who deal exclusively in sanitation issues
The state fusion center helps local agencies develop leads and catch criminals using facial recognition from Vigilant Solutions
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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?
Ibragim Todashev was killed while he was being questioned by a Boston-based FBI agent, Mass. state troopers and other officers
Dias Kadyrbayev and Azamat Tazhayakov are accused of trying to dispose of evidence from Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s dorm room
The alert comes a day after the U.S. issued an extraordinary global travel warning to Americans about a possible al Qaida attack
While the Hasan case is unusually complex, experts also say the military justice system is unaccustomed to dealing with death penalty cases
After undergoing 53 hours of training, the assistant principal and teachers at the school will be considered guards, and will be armed
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