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.
Jim and Doug discuss the ways in which Urban Shield improves inter-agency communication and preparation for emergency response
Here’s what Garland Officer Greg Stevens learned during his fight for survival in the ‘Draw the Prophet’ terrorist attack
With advances in communication, transportation and information technology, terrorist attacks don’t have to be focused on major cities for visibility and effect
Nearing the 20-year anniversary of the attack, law enforcement reflects on an event that taught tough lessons about jihadist threat
The ringleader of 15 other convicted offenders, 67-year-old Samuel Mullet Sr. was found guilty of carrying out attacks which terrorized a normally-peaceful religious settlement in eastern Ohio
Superintendent said emergency protocol was followed, but that school district officials would meet Friday to review their response
A 14-year-old has been shot in the head at a middle school and has been taken to a hospital
Despite criticism, confidential informants are invaluable to investigators fighting both international and domestic terrorism as well as common criminal enterprise
Not all experts agree on how realistic the exercises need to be
Their stories provide the fullest account yet of the scene as officers responded to one of the worst school massacres in American history
“The biggest obstacle in stemming the flow of the illegal weapons — both assault rifles and handguns — is the less restrictive laws in other locales”
Two alerts were sent to students via text and email saying, “Hunker Down. Gunman on campus”
Fontana Unified School District police purchased 14 of the Colt LE6940 rifles last fall, and they were delivered the first week of December
In the wake of the country’s recent mass shootings, the department will carry the rifles in their vehicles
“The first thing you’ve got to do to save your life is accept that it can and does happen and that it may be happening to you”
Sen. Bob Casey wrote a letter Friday stating that increased resources for law enforcement was crucial in the solution to gun issues
Steps include requiring federal agencies to make more data available for background checks
Owners of an estimated 1 million previously legal semiautomatic rifles will be allowed to keep their weapons but will have a year to register them with police
Bryan Oliver pleaded not guilty Monday to two counts of premeditated attempted murder and three counts of assault with a firearm in the attack
A $50M plan would fund hundreds of officers in public schools to reduce gun violence
Surveillance video shows the alleged shooter trying to conceal the gun as he nervously entered Taft Union High School
Police are frustrated as they continue to recieve anonymous bomb threats to schools, airlines and shopping malls
Witnesses told investigators they saw the suspect sprinkle a white powder in the park and then ignite it
Arpaio hopes to have as many as 400 posse volunteers and 100 reserve deputies take part in the patrols
School officials say they’ve received nearly 300 emails, many of them voicing concern about long-term security and a police presence
Officials from more than a dozen law enforcement agencies were finalizing plans Friday for how to deploy patrol officers
The sheriff said the devices were just “a step or two away from being ready to explode”
At the trial that begins Thursday, the suspect’s attorneys will attempt to present him as impressionable teenager lured by undercover agents with the FBI
He says he’s concerned a gun used in a future mass shooting could be traced to a purchase made at a show in Waterbury
Administrators say there will be one uniformed armed officer stationed in each school for the next three months
Prosecutors want Naseer to stand trial in New York for his alleged role in a terror campaign that would have also struck targets in Britain and Norway
