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NTER Bystander Awareness Training

NTER educates partners and the public on recognizing and reporting the early warning signs of terrorism and targeted violence—expanding awareness of best practices, emerging trends, and practical tools and approaches through a variety of online training modules, indicator references, and virtual events.

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Instructor Development Threat Evaluation and Reporting Course

The Instructor Development Threat Evaluation and Reporting Course is a four-day in-person, or five-day virtual, training course that is exclusively for those in NTER's Master Trainer Program.

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Master Trainer Program

NTER's MTP certifies Federal, State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial (F/SLTT) partners in the instruction of BTAM techniques and best practices.

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NTER National Programs

The NTER Office assists Federal, State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial and Private Sector partners in adapting processes for identifying and mitigating homeland security threats of targeted violence.

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NTER Partner & Program Support

NTER conducts strategic engagement and events, outreach, and program support to provide partners with the tools, systems, and resources needed to identify, report, share, and mitigate homeland security threats.

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NTER Resources

NTER equips homeland security partners with resources to identify and mitigate threats of terrorism and targeted violence to keep the Homeland safe.

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NTER Bulletin

NTER Office's Quarterly Bulletins are designed to keep DHS partners well-informed about research developments, trends, and resources.

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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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National Threat Evaluation and Reporting Program Office​

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.

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Threat Assessment and Management Teams

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.