By Steve NeavlingThe Secret Service released a comprehensive blueprint on Wednesday, aimed at helping local and state law enforcement agencies prevent tragedies like mass shootings, assassination attempts, and other acts of targeted violence. The guide provides recommendations that can be implemented by police departments of any size, regardless of location or funding, to create dedicated Behavioral Threat Assessment Units. Steven Driscoll, assistant chief of the National Threat Assessment Center, explained that providing local agencies with a “structured approach” would increase safety in communities across the country. While the Secret Service did not disclose why the report was released at this time, it follows two recent assassination attempts on former President Trump and a notable rise in political violence in the past few years. The Secret Service stressed that the motivation behind targeted violence is diverse, and profiling based on race, ethnicity, age, or gender should not be used to create attacker profiles.

Source: Huffington Post October 16, 2024 11:51 UTC