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.
Most of the advances in tactics, techniques, procedures, equipment and training have come about in response to attacks that exposed weaknesses in police preparations
A significant rise in homegrown extremists and domestic terrorists means there must be a shift in how state, local and tribal LE agencies assist in countering threats
Does releasing the name of an officer who shoots a suspected terrorist attacker put him or her in danger of terrorist retribution?
Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari, who was legally in the U.S. on a student visa, plan to hide bomb materials inside dolls and baby carriages to blow up dams, nuclear plants, and other high-profile targets
Gives lawmakers time to discuss the future of the law enforcement tools that some call an infringement on civil liberties
Among the nearly 3,000 Americans to be murdered on 9/11, were 23 New York Police Department officers and 37 Port Authority officers
Includes 165 million for police surveillance cameras in lower Manhattan and Midtown — a $14.6 million increase
While police K-9s are prevented from sniffing human beings in typical law enforcement settings — entry to prisons notwithstanding, of course — bringing K-9 explosives detection out of the cargo hold and into the airport security lines may make a lot of sense
An American contractor describes a violent encounter in Afghanistan
The Turkish ferry Avrasya-Eurasia was hijacked by gunmen supporting Chechen fighters against Russia, who took 200 hostages aboard the ship
One of Mexico’s most ruthless, tactically proficient criminal gangs has spread from an original 31 mercenaries into a sizable private army and criminal enterprise
A firsthand account of a former commander of a US military antiterrorism unit
The world continues to focus on North Korea’s nuclear program and naval attacks on the South, as North Korea builds a special operations behemoth
Erkel recounts his experience being kidnapped by Islamic militants
Individual terrorists, small cells continue to pose a threat to American soil
A Belarussian TransAVIAexport Airlines Ilyushin Il-76 was shot down over Mogadishu, Somalia, in 2007
Do private citizens, who are clearly in the crosshairs of the enemy, have the right to self-defense by hacking or otherwise engaging on jihad sites?
One of the best-trained teams in Brazil, in the last 21 years TIGRE has sustained a success rate of 100 percent
The emergence of pirates off the east coast of Africa is a direct consequence of the brutal Somali Civil War
Terrorist groups realize that merely having the capability to put together a radioactive IED can tap into public fear
A skilled operator who can infiltrate his adversaries’ neighborhoods may be the most valuable counter terrorism weapon
The Christmas Eve 1999 incident exposed major flaws in India’s national security apparatus, some of which remain unresolved
Hamas’ methodology has focused largely on civilian casualties and media
Activities during a terrorist’s incarceration, interrogation, rehabilitation, and release are key to ensuring that he or she remains permanently out of the fight
The key to undercover operations is understanding that self-interest is the most powerful motivator of the human species
When the DPKO’s African missions are tabulated, one can gain some perspective of the scope of the U.N.'s involvement in Africa
Concluded that the FBI had sufficient information to detect that Hasan was a “ticking time bomb”
U.S. counterterrorism officials have said LaRose represents a new and alarming threat - an American-born woman who joined an Islamic terror conspiracy
Preparing for combat with one or more Jihadist extremists expecting to die while carrying out his/their attacks is the biggest problem facing law enforcement
Charged with attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction to kill 281 passengers and 11 crew members
The 9/11 memorial will open on Sept. 11, 2011, and the new buildings will open after that
Fans and celebrities will descend upon the venue Sunday