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.
Progress has been made in developing active shooter protocols since Columbine, but the Pulse attack shows we still haven’t anticipated all the possibilities
If criticism of the 1033 program rises again, LE agencies need to be ready to educate their communities about why cops need military surplus equipment
We need to consider policies that address prevention of mass murder as a possible reason an officer might open fire on a moving vehicle
In response to the glamorized cover photo that appeared on the Rolling Stone magazine cover, he showed what he called “the real Boston bomber”
The ‘run, hide, fight’ method of defending against an active shooter has police re-training civilians
Officer Richard Donohue, who continues to recover from the Boston standoff, says they could have picked anyone else
The ruling allows indefinite detention of people suspected of supporting terrorists
One off-duty officer was the first to arrive on scene after Anders Breivik perpetrated the first of two phases of an attack that was the worst attack in Norway since World War II
The attorney general will have to decide several months before the start of a trial — if there is one — whether to seek death
Officer Joseph Reynolds was the first cop to lay eyes on the brothers — and the first to take fire
Justin Jasper was given such a high bail because he is considered a flight risk and a threat to the community
Gun rights activist Adam Kokesh posted a video to his YouTube account threatening a “final American Revolution”
John Stewart Nuttall, 39, and Amanda Marie Korody, 30, were arrested and charged with knowingly facilitating a terrorist activity and making or possessing an explosive device
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev downloaded bomb-making instructions from an al-Qaida magazine, gathered online material on Islamic jihad and martyrdom
A U.S. grand jury returned a 30-count indictment against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev that included using a weapon of mass destruction
A formal extradition request to bring Snowden to the United States from Hong Kong could drag through appeal courts for years and would pit Beijing against Washington
Police are looking to create a cross-department streamlined response to any shooting so all cops are prepared
Gen. Keith Alexander said the two recently disclosed programs are critical
Lawyers say the spying has hindered residents from freely practicing their religion
The NYPD has said its operations are lawful and necessary to keep the city safe, but New Jersey lawmakers are not so sure
Undersheriff James Szczesniak said Friday that 30 to 40 pipe bombs and other explosive devices and firearms were found inside the 34-year-old man’s home in the rural hamlet of Springwater
In his last scheduled appearance before the House Judiciary Committee, FBI Director Robert Mueller said the surveillance programs have been conducted in compliance with U.S. law
Prosecutors allege Michael David Turley endangered his 16-year-old nephew in staging the mock terrorism scenario in northwest Phoenix
The university says state, federal and local law enforcement agencies are investigating
The “cowardly murderer” planned the attack and was capable of firing 1,300 rounds, said the chief of police
The gunman killed his father and brother, and another man and woman before police killed him
The scenario involves a response to threats of a weapon of mass destruction
Watching the carnage and the ease of the attack on a soldier in London last month further confirms that Jihadists have a favored style of terrorism — ambushing soft targets
Michael Adebolajo, 28, who was shot by police before he was arrested, arrived kissing a copy of the Quran
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