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Behavioral Threat Assessment Units: A Guide for State and Local Law Enforcement to Prevent Targeted Violence

Guidance for Law Enforcement

Behavioral Threat Assessment Units: A Guide for State and Local Law Enforcement to Prevent Targeted Violence

The National Threat Assessment Center recently published a scalable 6-step framework for law enforcement agencies to prevent mass violence and other targeted attacks.

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Wanted Fugitive

$10,000,000 Reward Offered for Fugitive

A $10,000,000 reward is offered for information leading to the arrest of international fugitive Denis Gennadievich Kulkov.

Special agent talent and achievement recruitment program

CAREERS

Special Agent Talent & Recruitment

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One Integrated Mission

Protect our nation's leaders and financial infrastructure

Key Issues

National Security

We protect world leaders, major events and key locations.

Public Safety

We share our threat assessment expertise for public safety.

Economic Safeguard

We protect the integrity of U.S. currency.

Cyber Investigations

We fight cybercrime to safeguard America’s financial infrastructure.

Careers at U.S. Secret Service

If you have a commitment to excellence and are looking for a unique and fulfilling career, we want to hear from you. Come join a diverse team with one of the most elite law enforcement agencies in the world.

Visit Our Careers Section

Protection

We ensure the safety of the president, the vice president, their families, the White House, the vice president’s residence, visiting foreign heads of state, former United States presidents and their spouses, and events of national significance.

Threat Assessment

We protect our nation’s highest elected leaders, visiting foreign heads of state, and national special security events; and safeguard the U.S. financial infrastructure and payment systems.

We protect our nation’s highest elected leaders, visiting foreign heads of state, and national special security events; and safeguard the U.S. financial infrastructure and payment systems.

Investigations

We investigate a range of crimes against the U.S. financial system committed by criminals around the world.

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Mission Support

Our administrative, professional, and technical experts support our integrated mission of investigating financial crimes and protecting our nation’s leaders.

Our administrative, professional, and technical experts support our integrated mission of investigating financial crimes and protecting our nation's highest leaders.

Measurable Impact

-- Stats are for Fiscal Year 2022

6,623

Number of foreign and domestic visits we protected without incident

$2.6B

Amount we prevented in potential loss to the U.S. economy from cybercrime.

$214M

Amount of illicit assets forfeited

Resources

National Threat Assessment Center

View all of our research and threat assessments of targeted violence for prevention and community safety.

Missing and Exploited Children

We are proud partners with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to protect our kids.

National Computer Forensics Institute

Register for cyber incident response, investigation, and forensic examination training.

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