An Article Out Loud from the Domestic Preparedness Journal, February 01, 2023.
In 2021, the number of terrorist attacks increased 17% from the previous year. As actors adapt and change their tactics and techniques, cities must develop new capabilities to counter these threats. This article explores notable global practices to help cities develop or enhance their threat assessment and management programs.
Narrated by MacGregor Stephenson.
Carl Amritt
Carl Amritt serves as the program manager for the Threat Assessment Center at the Fusion Center within the District of Columbia Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency (DC HSEMA). In this role, he manages a multidisciplinary threat assessment and management team committed to preventing targeted violence to enhance and community safety and well-being. Before joining DC HSEMA, he served as a senior policy analyst at the National Governors Association, the assistant director of global safety at American University, and held various roles in American University’s Police Department.
- Carl Amritthttps://domesticpreparedness.com/author/carl-amritt
Eliot Bradshaw
Eliot Bradshaw serves as the collection analyst for the Threat Assessment Center at the Fusion Center within the District of Columbia Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency (DC HSEMA). In this role, she monitors open-source information for threats to schools in the District of Columbia and publishes a quarterly bulletin sharing threat information and resources with partners. She also works as a trial consultant, using open-source information to help clients form the best possible jury for their desired outcome.
- Eliot Bradshawhttps://domesticpreparedness.com/author/eliot-bradshaw
Alyssa Schulenberg
Alyssa Schulenberg formerly served as an investigative analyst assisting in the creation of the Threat Assessment Center at the Fusion Center within the District of Columbia Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency (DC HSEMA). In this role, she delivered a targeted violence and terrorism prevention training she developed and worked to adapt it for international audiences. Before joining DC HSEMA as part of a Department of Homeland Security Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention grant, she was an investigative support specialist at Louisiana State Analytical and Fusion Exchange and served as a mobile operations coordinator for Louisiana State University’s (LSU) National Center for Biomedical Research and Training/Academy of Counter-Terrorist Education.
- Alyssa Schulenberghttps://domesticpreparedness.com/author/alyssa-schulenberg