The resources below span all categories of the Prevention Resource Finder and help you do five things:
- Connect with experts in your community and learn best practices (Community Support Tools and Other Guidance)
- Apply for federal grant funding (Grant Funding Opportunities)
- Access and receive the latest information on the threat environment (Information-Sharing Platforms)
- Review the latest prevention research (Evidence-Based Research)
- Seek out training on how to keep your community safe (Training Opportunities)
Each set of resources below is searchable by keyword. You can also filter the results to see the resources most relevant to different stakeholder groups (key audience) and which department/agency/office provided the resource, as well as filter by subcategory.
All the information in the Prevention Resource Finder is government-owned or sponsored.
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Active Attack Integrated Response Training
Through an award to Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training (ALERRT) at Texas State University, multidisciplinary, scenario-based training on responding to active shooter and other mass casualty events is available to first responders nationwide.
Categories:Training Opportunities, Active Shooter TrainingDept/Org/Agency:Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office)Key Audience(s):Law Enforcement, State/Local/Tribal/Territorial GovernmentLast Updated: -
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Protective Security Advisors
Protective Security Advisors (PSAs) within the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) assist critical infrastructure owners and operators, houses of worship, schools, and other organizations with conducting physical security assessments, enhancing emergency action planning, supporting incident coordination, and providing access to training and exercise resources. For more information or to contact your local PSA, please contact central@cisa.dhs.gov.
Categories:Community Support Resources, Field StaffDept/Org/Agency:Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)Key Audience(s):Education, Faith-Based Organizations, General Public, Law Enforcement, State/Local/Tribal/Territorial GovernmentLast Updated: -
Federal Bureau of Investigations Local Threat Management and Active Shooter Coordinators
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has a Threat Management Coordinator (TMC) and Active Shooter Coordinator in each Field Office who serve as the point of contact at the local level for threat assessment and threat management-related matters, and the FBI’s active shooter program. All TMCs receive advanced training, mentoring, continuing education, and support from the FBI’s national-level Behavioral Threat Assessment Center. If you are interested in learning more about ways to build a threat assessment and management team or for active shooter information, connect with local FBI field offices nationwide.
Categories:Community Support Resources, Field StaffDept/Org/Agency:Department of Justice (DOJ), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)Key Audience(s):Law EnforcementLast Updated: -
U.S. Secret Service Domestic Security Strategists
The U.S. Secret Service’s (USSS) National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC) has regional outreach coordinators positioned in USSS Field Offices across the country to maintain relationships with key public safety stakeholders and facilitate access to NTAC’s research, training, and consultation resources. Domestic Security Strategists serve as the frontline point of contact for regional, state, and local officials seeking to develop their organizations’ behavioral threat assessment capabilities with the support and subject matter expertise of NTAC. For more information or to contact your regional NTAC coordinator, please contact NTAC-DSS@usss.dhs.gov.
Categories:Community Support Resources, Field StaffDept/Org/Agency:Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Secret Service (USSS)Key Audience(s):Education, Faith-Based Organizations, Health Care, Law Enforcement, Mental Health/Behavioral Health/Human Services, State/Local/Tribal/Territorial GovernmentLast Updated: -
Department of Justice Active Attack Event Response Leadership Training
This is an online version of a classroom course for public safety leaders, which offers strategic leadership guidance and response strategies to prepare for an active shooter attack.
Categories:Training Opportunities, Active Shooter TrainingDept/Org/Agency:Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office)Key Audience(s):Law Enforcement, State/Local/Tribal/Territorial GovernmentLast Updated: -
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Office for Bombing Prevention
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA) Office for Bombing Prevention (OBP) enhances our country’s ability to prevent, protect against, respond to, and mitigate the use of explosives against critical infrastructure; the private sector; federal, state, local, tribal, territorial entities; faith-based communities; and schools and institutions of higher education. OBP provides specialized information, guidance, training, and technical assistance resources for those who have a role in planning for, or responding to, bomb threats, suspicious items, and actual bombing incidents, consistent with the FBI-DHS Security and Resiliency Guide for Countering Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), which provides comprehensive best practices for entire communities, individual organizations, and specific facility owner/operators to strengthen security and resilience for bombing incidents.
Categories:Community Support Resources, Targeted Violence and TerrorismDept/Org/Agency:Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)Key Audience(s):Education, Faith-Based Organizations, Health Care, Law Enforcement, Mental Health/Behavioral Health/Human Services, State/Local/Tribal/Territorial GovernmentLast Updated: -
Fusion Centers
State and major urban area fusion centers (fusion centers) serve as the primary focal points within the state and local environment for the receipt, analysis, gathering, and sharing of threat-related information among federal, state, local, tribal, territorial, and campus partners. Fusion centers are uniquely situated to empower law enforcement and other front-line personnel to share threat-related information, including through the Nationwide Suspicious Activity Reporting Initiative.
Categories:Community Support Resources, Targeted Violence and TerrorismDept/Org/Agency:Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A)Key Audience(s):Law Enforcement, State/Local/Tribal/Territorial GovernmentLast Updated: -
Department of Homeland Security, Office of Intelligence & Analysis, National Threat Evaluation and Reporting Office
The DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis, National Threat Evaluation and Reporting (NTER) Office provides law enforcement and homeland security partners with resources and training to assist in identifying and preventing targeted violence and mass casualty incidents, including terrorism. NTER is the program and training lead for the Nationwide Suspicious Activity Reporting (SAR) Initiative (NSI) to assist partners in identifying, reporting, and sharing suspicious activity. NTER’s Master Trainer Program certifies federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial partners in behavioral threat assessment and management to assist local communities in building capacity to prevent terrorism and targeted violence.
Categories:Community Support Resources, Targeted Violence and TerrorismDept/Org/Agency:Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A)Key Audience(s):Law Enforcement, State/Local/Tribal/Territorial GovernmentLast Updated: -
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Power of Hello Campaign
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA) Power of Hello campaign assists security and non-security personnel easily identify observable suspicious behaviors. Its basic principle is that simply saying “Hello” can prompt a casual conversation with individuals to help determine if there is a potential for nefarious action. The product leverages an “OHNO” approach – Observe, Initiate a Hello, Navigate the Risk, and Obtain Help – to prompt individuals to observe and evaluate suspicious behaviors, recognize, and mitigate potential risk, and secure help.
Categories:Community Support Resources, Public Awareness CampaignsDept/Org/Agency:Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)Key Audience(s):Education, Faith-Based Organizations, General Public, Health Care, Mental Health/Behavioral Health/Human Services, State/Local/Tribal/Territorial GovernmentLast Updated: -
Department of Homeland Security If You See Something, Say Something® Campaign
Informed and alert communities play a critical role in keeping our country safe. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) If You See Something, Say Something® campaign partners include state, local, tribal, and territorial governments who are essential to increasing awareness about how to report suspicious activity to prevent acts of violence and provides guidance to the public on how to report suspicious activity.
Categories:Community Support Resources, Public Awareness CampaignsDept/Org/Agency:Department of Homeland Security (DHS)Key Audience(s):Education, Faith-Based Organizations, General Public, Law Enforcement, State/Local/Tribal/Territorial GovernmentLast Updated: