Preventing Terrorism and Targeted Violence
Protecting the American people from terrorist threats is the reason DHS was created, and remains our highest priority.
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Federal Campus Safety Resources
The federal government maintains a broad range of campus safety resources that you can draw on based on your needs. This fact sheet provides additional information on these resources and includes email addresses to request any services or information you might require.
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First Amendment Activity at Academic Institutions
To ensure peaceful protests and safe conduct on educational campuses during First Amendment-protected activities, DHS recommends institution leadership take proactive steps to prepare the campus ecosystem, communicate policies and procedures, and respond by taking both a whole-of-community, human centric approach and enforcing campus policies, as necessary.
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Resources for Swatting and Hoax Threats
The resources attached help swatting calls and hoax threats and provide proactive steps to take to prepare for, respond to, and recover from a related incident.
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Enhancing Behavioral Threat Assessment and Case Management Capabilities
Through federal grant funding and technical assistance, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships (CP3) has supported the development of dozens of behavioral threat assessment and management teams (BTAMTs) in communities across the United States. Based on this work and engagement with experts, researchers, and practitioners, this Prevention Resource outlines how behavioral threat assessment and case management models may benefit by adopting a public health-informed approach to targeted violence and terrorism prevention (TVTP). It also summarizes emerging practices in case management techniques to build practitioner capacity at all levels of violence prevention. A case study describes how these recommendations can be put into practice.
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Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention Partner Resource Guide
This list of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) resources provides a comprehensive overview of targeted violence and terrorism prevention (TVTP) funding, technical assistance, regional contacts, training, and educational materials to help keep your community safe. Provided by the Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships (CP3).
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Prevention Resource Finder Fact Sheet
The Department of Homeland Security's (DHS's) Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships (CP3) maintains a collection of targeted violence and terrorism prevention resources to provide the public easier access to available grants, research, training opportunities, and other resources that are government-produced and government-funded.
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CP3's Approach to Prevention
The Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships (CP3) was established to spearhead targeted violence and terrorism prevention (TVTP) efforts that affect individuals, communities, and American society. Its approach is based on time-tested principles of public health that focus on the safety and well-being of entire populations. This is a paper describing that approach.
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State TVTP Strategy Development: CP3 Prevention Resource
The Center for Prevention Partnerships and Programs (CP3) has created this evidence-based guide to assist states in developing state-level targeted violence and terrorism prevention (TVTP) strategies to safeguard each state from potential risks and threats of violence.
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FACT SHEET AND REPORT: DHS Advances Efforts to Reduce the Risks at the Intersection of Artificial Intelligence and Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) Threats
DHS submitted a full report and a fact sheet of selected findings from the AI CBRN Report to the President in response to Executive Order (E.O.) 14110 on Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence.
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Safety and Security Guidelines for Critical Infrastructure Owners and Operators
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was tasked in Executive Order 14110: Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence to develop safety and security guidelines for use by critical infrastructure owners and operators.