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.
After enduring 13 hours in the World Trade Center rubble, Will Jimeno’s story of survival and Dominick Pezzulo’s ultimate sacrifice led LAPD officer Joe Cirrito into law enforcement
For the nearly 3,000 victims, we owe it to their memory to ensure their stories are not forgotten
Kiara Badalamente, daughter of retired NYPD officer Joe Badalamente, reflects on how her work with 9/11 survivors has profoundly shaped her outlook on life and resilience
The Marine Corps’ Combat Hunter Program and the broken windows concept of policing are both about taking action to prevent future undesirable action
Federal authorities say they’ve arrested a man who talked about setting off a bomb at a Fourth of July parade in Cleveland and attacking people watching fireworks
From the police force that protects our nation’s marine wildlife to the New York cops who deal exclusively in sanitation issues
The state fusion center helps local agencies develop leads and catch criminals using facial recognition from Vigilant Solutions
One application of deep learning of value in police investigations involves video analysis
An LEO who died a year after he was wounded in a confrontation with the bombers has been promoted
Virginia Beach police have charged two teens with conspiracy to commit a terrorist act
Since the September 11th attacks, police have been assessing terror threat levels and gathering intelligence from thousands of sources
Progress has been made in developing active shooter protocols since Columbine, but the Pulse attack shows we still haven’t anticipated all the possibilities
The ATF agent, whose name hasn’t been released, is expected to make a full recovery
Police said an ATF agent was shot several times during an undercover operation in which a suspect was killed
If criticism of the 1033 program rises again, LE agencies need to be ready to educate their communities about why cops need military surplus equipment
The officer was seriously injured after being stabbed multiple times while fighting off the three terrorists in the 2017 attack
Agent Paul “Scott” Ragsdale’s career with ATF covered more than 16 years
Edward Archer was convicted of ambushing Officer Jesse Hartnett in the name of the Islamic State group
The ATF agent, whose name hasn’t been released, is expected to make a full recovery
Ernesto Godinez is charged in the shooting of an ATF agent, who was shot in the face
Chicago police have deployed several hundred officers to hunt for a gunman who shot an ATF agent in the face
Matin Azizi-Yarand, 17, faces charges of making a terroristic threat and criminal solicitation of capital murder of a Texas peace officer
We need to consider policies that address prevention of mass murder as a possible reason an officer might open fire on a moving vehicle
The most dangerous weapon so far in terms of Westerner recruitment has been the Islamic State’s ability to characterize smaller acts of terrorism as being valuable and important
Lt-Col. Arnaud Beltrame offered to swap places with a hostage who was held by an Islamic extremist in order to save her
A man who nursed a hatred for NYPD officers was taken into custody on charges he planted a crude bomb that killed a man in August
A former transit-agency officer was sentenced after being convicted in a sting operation of attempting to help the Islamic State group
Two New Jersey troopers who successfully deactivated two improvised explosive devices following a terrorist attack have received the 2017 Trooper of the Year awards
First responders need to open lines of communication and share knowledge, experience and resources so we can coalesce all of our assets
Newly released security video of a failed suicide bombing in the New York City subway system gives a fuller picture of the police response
We asked our readers how their police agencies were using (or planning to use) drones and some of the challenges they’ve faced along the way
A terrorist who set off small bombs in two states was sentenced to multiple terms of life in prison
From accident reconstruction to search and rescue, drones are a game-changer for law enforcement operations