“Southern Nevada will receive $3 million from the federal government to guard against terrorism, a three-fold increase over last year and a boost to local homeland security. Las Vegas was among 28 cities that split $587 million in grants under the 2015 Urban Area Security Initiative, a program [...]
“New York City will receive $181 million from the Department of Homeland Security’s $1.6 billion budget. Speaking Thursday at NYPD headquarters, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said that homeland security is becoming a matter of hometown security. ‘The terrorist threat is more dece [...]
“Terror group Al-Shabaab has released a video calling for attacks on shopping malls in Canada, the UK and the United States. In the propaganda video released Saturday, the al Qaeda-linked terror group talks about its September 2013 attack on a mall in Kenya. The brazen siege, which went on for [...]
“Funding for the Department of Homeland Security could run out in just a few days, which could essentially shut down the DHS. So, what exactly could that mean? A shutdown could mean funding for programs for homeland programs, for domestic terrorism threats, and even natural disasters, wo [...]
“In the 2001 action movie Ocean’s Eleven, criminals use an electromagnetic weapon to black out a portion of Las Vegas. Very futuristic, you may say, but the threat is real and growing. The problem is growing because the technology available to attackers has improved even as the technology be [...]
“The UK government raised its terror threat level Friday from substantial to severe, the fourth highest of five levels, in response to events in Iraq and Syria, where ISIS militants have seized a swath of territory. ‘That means that a terrorist attack is highly likely, but there is no in [...]
“The FBI’s most recent national threat assessment for domestic terrorism makes no reference to Islamist terror threats, despite last year’s Boston Marathon bombing and the 2009 Fort Hood shooting—both carried out by radical Muslim Americans.” Source: FBI National Domestic Threat As [...]
“The Knightscope K5 is a five-foot-tall autonomous robot (one presumes that its resemblance to a Dalek is merely coincidental) that roams around your neighborhood, observing and gathering data and trying to predict where and when criminal activity will occur. It carries no weaponry, but it has [...]
“The panicky 911 caller said a man with a 10-inch butcher knife was threatening people. So when Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies saw a wounded, bloody man rush out of a West Hollywood apartment with someone on his heels, they opened fire. But the man they gunned down Monday night wa [...]
“The week saw continuing violence throughout the region. The AMISOM and SNA offensive recaptured further Al-Shabaab territory in South-central; more Al-Shabaab movement north was reported and increased Al-Shabaab operations outside of Somalia are reported. A detailed PDF report is available fo [...]
“Several law enforcement agencies gathered Tuesday at PNC Park for a homeland security training exercise that kept some of the area near the Pittsburgh Pirates’ ballpark off-limits to the public.” Source: Homeland Security drill simulates dangerous World Series scenario at PNC Park [...]
“President Obama’s Department of Homeland Security caught then released 68,000 aliens who had previously been convicted of a crime, a new report from the Center for Immigration Studies shows.” Source:Report: Obama Admin Released Tens of Thousands of Illegal Immigrant Criminals [...]
“The U.S. government has warned airlines to pay particular attention to the possibility of terrorists attempting to hide explosives in shoes, a result of new intelligence, according to two people familiar with the situation. The officials stressed there is no specific threat or known plot. Int [...]
