Behavioral Approach to Violence Prevention 2.0
This document identifies common threatening or concerning behaviors across a wide variety of completed and averted acts of targeted violence.
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This document identifies common threatening or concerning behaviors across a wide variety of completed and averted acts of targeted violence.
S&T invests in research and development technologies, methods, and procedures to enhance the physical security of the nation’s critical infrastructure, which includes our air travel system, mass transportation systems, and soft targets such as mass public gatherings.
As the threat landscape continues to evolve, NTER empowers our homeland security partners to adapt to new threats and prevent terrorism and targeted violence. NTER advances our partner’s ability to identify, investigate, assess, report and share tips and leads linked to emerging homeland security threats.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships (CP3) supports DHS’s commitment to enhancing our collective ability to prevent all forms of terrorism and targeted violence. This newsletter will serve to update readers on news, events, and data related to our prevention mission, as well as our collaborative work with our many partners.
On May 12, Secretary Mayorkas appeared before the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee to testify in a hearing titled, "Domestic Violent Extremism in America." His delivered remarks are below:
The ODNI assessment was drafted by the National Counterterrorism Center, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and DHS, and includes contributions from the Central Intelligence Agency and the Defense Intelligence Agency. All agencies involved are mindful of the duty to respect privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties and to act within the authorities granted to them as they seek to put together as complete an intelligence and analytic picture as is possible.
The Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships (CP3) provides a resource that gives an overview of threat assessment and management teams. Through identifying and managing potential threats, these teams provide alternatives to investigation and/or prosecution for bystanders who are actively seeking intervention assistance with a known individual at risk of mobilizing to violence.
To support DHS research and development (R&D) technology needs, DHS S&T released its annual announcement of the LRBAA.
This Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships publication provides tools and resources to bolster online critical thinking skills.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has begun a new nationwide public awareness campaign, “Be Your REAL ID Self” to promote awareness of the REAL ID requirements and encourage the public to act before the October 1, 2021 full enforcement deadline.