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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 how crowd control is changing
Antifa has become one of the most prominent militant groups at protests
How law enforcement agencies are adopting cloud-based or Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) software solutions as part of the fight against crime
The Brotherhood is a complex organization composed of individuals with a variety of religious and political beliefs, and some commentators have simply mangled the debate
The federal jury in Cleveland began a fourth day of deliberations by asking the judge if a conspiracy could involve just some of the defendants
Adel Daoud, a U.S. citizen from the Chicago suburb of Hillside, was arrested Friday night in an undercover operation in which an agent pretending to be a terrorist provided him with a phony car bomb
An air strike killed al Qaida’s second in command in Yemen, US and Yemeni officials said
The officers’ names will be officially read at the ceremony later Tuesday
There are no particular threats from any major terrorist organization, but the NYPD is taking security very seriously
Internet makes it easier for insurgents to make themselves look like winners
Troubling case on US soil shows potential danger of gangs, domestic terrorism within military structure
Lawsuit alleged the FBI violated the civil rights of Muslims
A young deputy made a stop that ignited a high-profile case and got him awards, but the acclaim had a dark side
For Anders Breivik, a 21-year sentence for the wanton slaughter of 77 innocents was a victory and gave his monstrous act political credibility
A building superintendent at an apartment complex stumbled an NYPD a safe house where undercover officers working well outside the department’s jurisdiction could lie low
Let’s look at a number of factors that may have put this particular attacker at such an advantage that almost no spontaneous resistance could be effective
‘The dog you haven’t seen may turn out to be the one that bites you,’ says MI5 agency head in reference to high security precautions
London apartment tower residents went to court to stop their rooftop from being used as a missile base during the Olympic Games
Identifying and assessing tactical lessons learned from local, national and international incidents is critical to improving individual, group, and organizational performance
There is not a single reason to believe that we’re impervious to terrorist attacks like those which rocked our friends in England seven years ago tomorrow
One suspect is reportedly a former police support officer
Says control of the site should remain with foundation to keep site out of ‘the political process’
A federal jury in Camden convicted five men of conspiring to kill U.S. military personnel