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First Responder's Toolbox: Mixing Ideologies Requires Multipronged Terrorism Prevention Efforts

This National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) Joint Counterterrorism Assessment Team (JCAT) resource provides awareness on the individuals who mix multiple ideologies and aids in detection and prevention efforts in terrorism and other violent extremist activities

The Joint Counterterrorism Assessment Team (JCAT) is a collaboration by NCTC, DHS, FBI, state, local, tribal, and territorial government personnel to improve information sharing and enhance public safety. The First Responder's Toolbox is an ad hoc, unclassified reference aid intended to promote counterterrorism coordination among federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial government authorities and partnerships with private sector officials in deterring, preventing, disrupting, and responding to terrorist attacks.

(May 2023)

First Responder's Toolbox: Terrorist Exploitation of Online Gaming Platforms

This National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) Joint Counterterrorism Assessment Team (JCAT) resource provides awareness of possible exploitation of online gaming platforms, and provides investigative resource, collaborative opportunities, and response considerations.

The Joint Counterterrorism Assessment Team (JCAT) is a collaboration by NCTC, DHS, FBI, state, local, tribal, and territorial government personnel to improve information sharing and enhance public safety. The First Responder's Toolbox is an ad hoc, unclassified reference aid intended to promote counterterrorism coordination among federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial government authorities and partnerships with private sector officials in deterring, preventing, disrupting, and responding to terrorist attacks.

(October 2023)

First Responder's Toolbox: Violent Extremists’ Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence

This National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) Joint Counterterrorism Assessment Team (JCAT) resource provides insight for public safety officials about possible violent extremists’ malicious use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) and is intended to highlight potential planning, policy, training, and investigative considerations.

The Joint Counterterrorism Assessment Team (JCAT) is a collaboration by NCTC, DHS, FBI, state, local, tribal, and territorial government personnel to improve information sharing and enhance public safety. The First Responder's Toolbox is an ad hoc, unclassified reference aid intended to promote counterterrorism coordination among federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial government authorities and partnerships with private sector officials in deterring, preventing, disrupting, and responding to terrorist attacks.

(May 2024)

First Responder's Toolbox: Complex Operating Environment – Ferry Systems

This National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) Joint Counterterrorism Assessment Team (JCAT) resource provides situational awareness to first responders and private-sector stakeholders of terrorist threats to ferries and related infrastructure and highlights preventative measures, considerations, and resources for public safety, preparedness, and response.

The Joint Counterterrorism Assessment Team (JCAT) is a collaboration by NCTC, DHS, FBI, state, local, tribal, and territorial government personnel to improve information sharing and enhance public safety. The First Responder's Toolbox is an ad hoc, unclassified reference aid intended to promote counterterrorism coordination among federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial government authorities and partnerships with private sector officials in deterring, preventing, disrupting, and responding to terrorist attacks.

(May 2024)

First Responder's Toolbox: Emerging Technologies and Possible Malign Uses by Terrorists

This National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) Joint Counterterrorism Assessment Team (JCAT) resource warns first responders of the potential impact of emerging technologies on terrorist tactics, techniques, and procedures, and provides recommendations for preparedness and response.

The Joint Counterterrorism Assessment Team (JCAT) is a collaboration by NCTC, DHS, FBI, state, local, tribal, and territorial government personnel to improve information sharing and enhance public safety. The First Responder's Toolbox is an ad hoc, unclassified reference aid intended to promote counterterrorism coordination among federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial government authorities and partnerships with private sector officials in deterring, preventing, disrupting, and responding to terrorist attacks.

(July 2024)

First Responder's Toolbox: Potential Malign Uses of Extended-Reality Technologies

This National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) Joint Counterterrorism Assessment Team (JCAT) resource highlights potential use of Extended-Reality technologies by terrorist actors and offers considerations to public safety officials regarding this immersive virtual space.

The Joint Counterterrorism Assessment Team (JCAT) is a collaboration by NCTC, DHS, FBI, state, local, tribal, and territorial government personnel to improve information sharing and enhance public safety. The First Responder's Toolbox is an ad hoc, unclassified reference aid intended to promote counterterrorism coordination among federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial government authorities and partnerships with private sector officials in deterring, preventing, disrupting, and responding to terrorist attacks.

(November 2024)

First Responder's Toolbox: Evaluating and Responding to Violent Extremist Hoax Threats

This National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) Joint Counterterrorism Assessment Team (JCAT) resource assists public safety officials and other security stakeholders in detecting, evaluating, responding to, and mitigating violent extremist hoax threats and online harassment tactics.

The Joint Counterterrorism Assessment Team (JCAT) is a collaboration by NCTC, DHS, FBI, state, local, tribal, and territorial government personnel to improve information sharing and enhance public safety. The First Responder's Toolbox is an ad hoc, unclassified reference aid intended to promote counterterrorism coordination among federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial government authorities and partnerships with private sector officials in deterring, preventing, disrupting, and responding to terrorist attacks.

(November 2024)

Understanding Threats to Public Officials

This Department of Homeland Security (DHS)-funded research tracks federal cases that involved threats against officials working in the criminal justice system, elections, politics, health care, and education.

(Published 2024)

Office on Violence Against Women (OVW)

The Department of Justice (DOJ) Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) administers financial and technical assistance to communities across the country that are developing programs, policies, and practices aimed at ending domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.

The Vicarious Trauma Toolkit

The Department of Justice (DOJ) Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) Vicarious Trauma Toolkit (VTT) was developed on the premise that exposure to the traumatic experiences of other people—known as vicarious trauma—is an inevitable occupational challenge for the fields of victim services, emergency medical services, fire services, law enforcement, and other allied professionals; however, organizations can mitigate the potentially negative effects of trauma exposure by becoming vicarious trauma-informed.