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Prevention and Deterrence of Terrorist Acts by Law Enforcement

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This course provides certified federal, state, and local law enforcement officers with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to assist in preventing and/or deterring weapons of mass destruction (WMD) terrorist incidents. Law enforcement officers are part of the front-line defense in preventing and deterring WMD terrorist incidents when the release of WMD agents is likely to occur as a result of criminal actions. The nature of their daily work environment provides them with an enhanced understanding of their community that the general public does not share. This heightened community awareness, as well as the possibility that they may encounter terrorists unknowingly while conducting patrol functions, provides law enforcement officers with a unique opportunity to prevent or deter potential WMD terrorist incidents.

Course Objectives
At the end of this course, participants will be able to:
• Demonstrate the importance of intelligence gathering and describe rudimentary terrorist operations and characteristics
• Tell how information in field intelligence gathering and reporting can assist in counterterrorism operations
• Identify practical counterterrorism techniques, local high-risk targets, and legal issues associated with terrorism prevention and deterrence
• Identify the types of materials—legal or illegal—that may be obtained from local sources to produce chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive (CBRNE) agents, as well as to differentiate between laboratories used to produce clandestine drugs and those that produce CBRNE agents
• Recognize common characteristics associated with counterfeit and altered domestic and international identity documents
• Practice the strategies of prevention and deterrence as they view a video of a vehicle stop and complete a practical exercise
• Differentiate among sources of intelligence at the international, federal, state, and local levels, and explain how they share information about terrorist activity

Target Audience/Discipline
LE, FS, HZ

Scheduling
Contact a NCBRT training coordinator today to schedule this course.

Min/Max Enrollment See audience note

Hours 8.0 (Direct Delivery); 16.0 (Train-the-Trainer)

Format Instructor-Led Training (Direct Delivery; Train-the-Trainer)

DHS Course # AWR-122, AWR-122-1

Prerequisites
Must be sworn members of a federal, state, county/parish, or municipal law enforcement agency currently assigned and functioning as patrol officers or line supervisors