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.
Indicators of radical-belief-based violence are cumulative. The more present, the greater the probability of violent behavior
Trainers must expose cops to high levels of simulated stress and develop scenarios that force them to make critical decisions
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 passenger was detained and four of Miami International Airport’s six concourses were evacuated
If you want to know what terrorists will do, look at what they have historically done. They shoot, they bomb, they kidnap!
Mamdouh Mahmud Salim, 52, stabbed a prison guard in the eye in 2000
The Investigative Project on Terrorism claimed the appointed chaplain was a “radical fundraiser”
Now he has designed system that could predict crime locations
Also showed a duffel bag loaded with more than 30 pounds of fake C-4 plastic explosives during the dramatic presentation
Police descended on a west-end home in Canada’s national capital of Ottawa early Wednesday
Inserted a flash drive into a US military laptop, allowing data to be transferred to servers under foreign control
Marines at highway checkpoint were alerted and fought the cartel gunmen, resulting in the death of 1 marine and 3 suspects
Terrorism experts say his fluency in English and his familiarity with American culture have allowed him to successfully recruit followers in the USA
He compiled a hit list of targets he believed were enemies of Islam
The number of soldiers seeking help for combat stress, substance abuse, broken marriages or other emotional problems keeps increasing
A letter leaked to the press that said “cuts in the airport’s police personnel, training and equipment budget were compromising its security”
“You don’t know how to tie a tie?” James Cromitie’s lawyer asked
Look at the Newburgh case and you’ll find good, old-fashioned police work that involved intelligence, courage, ingenuity, and dogged effort by many agencies
Recommendations include improving communications between government agencies and military installations regarding potential threats, and expanding military bases’ emergency response capabilities
Airborne patrols can be discreet — working in more of an observation and detection role — or the patrols can be very active and visible in a deterrence role
A huge percentage of prison inmates at the state and local level will be coming out one day — and some of them could be seduced by radicalized Islamist militants
FBI confidential informant Shaheed Hussain — code-named Malik — was an invaluable asset to law enforcement’s takedown of four would-be terrorists
The threat was phoned in to local police from a hotel room in nearby Alameda
Hezbollah probably understands that a serious terrorist attack or series of attacks on U.S. soil could result the type of military campaign launched against al Qaeda — and Lebanon is far easier to strike than Afghanistan
Paul Rockwood, aka “Bilal,” converted to Islam and began studying the teachings of American-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki
Among the projects and programs funded are a Joint Hazard Assessment Team and Joint Terrorism Task Force; satellite radio communications system; and hazardous materials training
No trial date has been set for Adis Medunjanin, who entered the plea during a brief appearance in federal court in Brooklyn
Shaker Masri told an FBI informant that he planned to go to Somalia and help al-Qaida
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