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.
Regional SWAT teams aren’t for every agency, but they can provide a great service to those who need it
When the public, the press and politicians say police don’t need tanks, these strategies can help you make that critical purchase
Even as we remember the past, we consider the present and look toward the future
The phones have been used by drug dealers who want to mask their identities, and more recently by alleged terrorists
They just have to do so the old-fashioned way, with a pen and paper
Video shows alleged terrorist Faisal Shahzad saying he planned a “revenge attack” on the US
Two armed and masked men also hijacked a bus and said they had an explosive device
A 67-page glossy of photos and text is an online recruitment tool for English-speaking jihadists
One pilot says TSA agents are like ‘mall cops who engage in a form of theater that suggests security but doesn’t deliver’
Investigators believe Adnan Shukrijumah met with the would-be suicide bombers
Arkansas Public Defender Commission to pay for Abdulhakim Muhammad’s attorney
Say their son was traveling to Egypt to meet a 19-year-old Swedish Muslim he planned to marry
In a 6-3 decision, the court ruled that even well-intentioned aid to terrorist organizations is likely to backfire
Faisal Shahzad brings an abrupt and expedited end to a case that reached from New York to Pakistan
The hour-long lockdown at McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst has been lifted
One’s record includes arrests for aggravated assault and possession of a knife on school property
Killed at a police training camp in Kandahar
The unidentified cop skipped the academy and went straight to a program that grooms undercover cops for terror probes
The devices are often used as a tool for drug dealers, gang members and terrorists
“My soul cannot rest until I shed blood,” one of the men said
Multiple Attack Counter Terror Action Capabilities — or MACTAC — is a blend of USMC fire-team tactics and current Police active shooter tactics
The Article 32 hearing is similar to a civilian grand jury proceeding
Former NJ Gov. Tom Kean says, “We can’t count on the terrorists being incompetent forever”
Defense attorney John Galligan said he would seek to delay Hasan’s Article 32 hearing
Flight from Paris to Mexico City was denied entrance to U.S. airspace; wanted man arrested in Canada
MacDill is home to U.S. Central Command, which oversees military operations in the Middle East and Central Asia
