An interactive, web-based course designed for Law Enforcement Professionals. The goals of the course are to build a common, minimum level of preparedness among the nation's first responders in meeting the goals of the National Homeland Security Strategy and to improve the ability of every jurisdiction in the United States to 1) develop capacity in preventing terrorism, 2) demonstrate coherence with a common standard of practice in prevention of terrorism; and 3) ensure every jurisdiction has a basic ability to recognize crucial links between prevention, response and recovery.

This 30-minute, Web-based “Terrorism 101” course prepares learners to successfully recognize, report, and react to potential terrorist incidents. In the first two lessons, learners develop a broad understanding of terrorism, including a definition of terrorism as well as examples of terrorist groups and targets. In addition, learners gain insight into the importance of protecting private sector resources through awareness-level training. The last two lessons list various weapons of mass destruction (WMD), relay indicators of potential terrorist activity, and outline actions to be taken in the event of a potential terrorist attack.

This self-paced, Web-based course is designed to provide planning and management-level skills to officers from state and local law enforcement agencies. Participants will be provided with the essential skills and knowledge to understand the importance of and the need for planning and managing security for special events, and to identify guiding principles for special-events security.