WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.040 --> 00:00:05.759 September 25th is National "If You See Something, Say Something®" Awareness Day. 2 00:00:05.760 --> 00:00:09.980 So we asked our DHS partners "Why is SeeSay Day Important?" 3 00:00:11.420 --> 00:00:16.880 I think it's an important opportunity for us to highlight the role we do in preventing 4 00:00:16.890 --> 00:00:21.800 and our work with counter terrorism and targeted violence prevention and really the focus we 5 00:00:21.800 --> 00:00:28.020 have on working with our partners to ensure that we're providing capacity building tools 6 00:00:28.020 --> 00:00:34.220 and techniques and resources so that our partners are well positioned to intake suspicious activity 7 00:00:34.220 --> 00:00:40.540 reporting to prevent terrorist attacks as well as incidents of targeted violence across the country. 8 00:00:41.080 --> 00:00:45.320 And it's just a really good opportunity to take a pause and to really highlight the work 9 00:00:45.330 --> 00:00:50.340 that's done across the country in partnership with our local communities, our partners, 10 00:00:50.340 --> 00:00:54.070 and the law enforcement, state and local community, and the fusion center network. 11 00:00:54.070 --> 00:00:58.990 And it really is an opportunity for us to really highlight the great work a lot of organizations 12 00:00:58.990 --> 00:01:00.080 are doing across the country. 13 00:01:00.560 --> 00:01:01.940 Amanda, what do you think? 14 00:01:01.940 --> 00:01:04.360 What does it mean to you from your perspective? 15 00:01:04.880 --> 00:01:10.380 Um, I believe that, you know, See Something Say Something Awareness Day is incredibly 16 00:01:10.380 --> 00:01:16.320 important to our organization because the public are our eyes and ears. Law enforcement 17 00:01:16.320 --> 00:01:21.320 and the ones who are vetting this information and taking action on it to prevent an attack. 18 00:01:21.320 --> 00:01:22.830 You can't be everywhere. 19 00:01:22.830 --> 00:01:28.420 And so it's incredibly important that the public be aware of what is suspicious activity, 20 00:01:28.560 --> 00:01:34.500 how to report that activity, so we can take a community approach to keeping our country safer. 21 00:01:35.920 --> 00:01:40.460 Ryan, this is an important opportunity to recognize how every single person in this 22 00:01:40.460 --> 00:01:46.200 country, how critical every single person is in this country to our common safety and security. 23 00:01:46.420 --> 00:01:51.939 And at the same time confirm that that security can be achieved while protecting civil rights 24 00:01:51.939 --> 00:01:56.700 and civil liberties regardless of who we are, or where we come from, or what we do. 25 00:01:56.700 --> 00:02:00.720 We all have an interest in life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. 26 00:02:00.720 --> 00:02:05.520 At CRCL we do not believe there has to be a trade-off with security on the one hand 27 00:02:05.520 --> 00:02:07.450 and our cherished freedoms on the other. 28 00:02:07.450 --> 00:02:12.629 CRCL exists to support the homeland security mission to secure the nation while preserving 29 00:02:12.629 --> 00:02:15.680 individual liberty, fairness, and equality under the law. 30 00:02:15.680 --> 00:02:21.660 And that is a mission that we share with the rest of the Department as well as our fusion center partners. 31 00:02:21.840 --> 00:02:25.980 "If You See Something, Say Something®" and the Suspicious Activity Reporting initiative 32 00:02:25.980 --> 00:02:28.840 shows it's just one of the many ways that can be done. 33 00:02:29.950 --> 00:02:34.440 Yeah I think it's really important to take a moment to actually think about the things 34 00:02:34.450 --> 00:02:36.999 that we can do to prepare ourselves. 35 00:02:36.999 --> 00:02:43.370 See Something, Say Something is a simple to remember message. It's also a very easy action 36 00:02:43.370 --> 00:02:49.430 to take because it's something that you just think about in your regular every day life 37 00:02:49.430 --> 00:02:54.440 and thinking about that preparedness action can help spur some of those other preparedness 38 00:02:54.440 --> 00:02:56.920 actions that individuals need to take. 39 00:02:57.640 --> 00:03:03.400 So it is kind of an initial step that might help to snowball further preparedness.