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NTER National Programs

NTER National Programs

NTER strategically engages homeland security partners to advance or fill gaps in their threat identification and mitigation capabilities primarily through two National Programs: The Nationwide Suspicious Activity Reporting Initiative and the Master Trainer Program.

  • Nationwide Suspicious Activity Reporting Initiative

    The Nationwide Suspicious Activity Reporting Initiative is a collaborative effort by DHS, FBI, and Federal, State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial law enforcement partners that provides law enforcement with another tool to help prevent terrorism by establishing a national capacity for gathering, documenting, vetting, and sharing Suspicious Activity Reporting information.

    The Nationwide Suspicious Activity Reporting Initiative’s standardized process and the eGuardian system are the primary tools used by the National Network of Fusion Centers to share terrorism-related suspicious activity with each other, as well as with the FBI for further assessment and investigation.

  • Master Trainer Program

    The Master Trainer Program certifies Federal, State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial partners in the instruction of Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management techniques and best practices.

    This instructor development and certification program prepares Federal, State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial partners to train their local communities and empowers homeland partners to help mitigate threats and aid in preventing acts of targeted violence.

    Certified Master Trainers receive exclusive access to training and resources that will assist communities with building Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management processes and utilizing Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management to prevent targeted violence and terrorism.

The NTER Program Office provides this content and resources for the purpose of assisting individual-level understanding of terrorism and targeted violence prevention. 

The content and resources do not reflect, nor are they intended to convey, the entire body of knowledge relevant to terrorism and targeted violence prevention in every professional setting. Terrorism and targeted violence prevention is a nuanced and complex discipline, requiring a great deal of time, study, and practice to develop proficiency.

Last Updated: 10/21/2024
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