Active shooter and other emergency situations are something the city prepares for, conducting practice drills every three to six months. One such drill recently provided an opportunity for staff to interact with local police and fire personnel who are most likely to respond during an incident. Public and private partnerships like this better prepare the City of Downey to assist its residents. (Courtesy of the Downey Police Dept and Facebook)

Shots Fired at Kaiser Hospital? Suspect in Custody (Multi-Video)

By Tracy Bloom, Chip Yost, Steve Kuzj and Mark Kono, KTLA5 A suspect has been arrested after allegedly firing shots in the Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Downey Tuesday, in an incident that...
Impasse II is the best choice for securing at risk facilities or protecting specific assets within a property.

Ameristar Impasse II Competes in 2018 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Program

Maintaining a secure perimeter is the first line of defense against potential threats. Towards that end, Ameristar Perimeter Security, a new competitor in the 2018 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards Program, with multiple product...
Morpho OneLook Capturing two biometrics with only one look. Morpho OneLook by IDEMIA offers a new approach to capture and identify a person through a single, easy-to-use, at-a-distance biometric capture device.

IDEMIA Excels in S&T Biometric Tech Rally with OneLook Face/Iris System

Balancing speed and security at checkpoints, like airports, is essential to ensuring safe, reliable travel. Many of these checkpoints are increasingly using biometric technology to improve speed and reliability, and while recent...
Based on CT imaging technology, the DETECT™ 1000 is a powerful lens with which to see and identify smaller and more advanced threats than ever before, eliminating the burden of removing laptops and liquids from bags.

TSA Orders New CT Checkpoint Baggage Screening Systems (Video)

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has awarded a contract option, valued at approximately $2.8 million under the TSA Accessible Property Screening System (APSS) program, to Integrated Defense and Security Solutions (IDSS). Under the option exercise,...
The motivation and commitment of ICE employees is tantamount to the agency’s continued success safeguarding the American people and countering terrorism. These are some of their personal stories from 9/11.

Why I Serve: How 9/11 Impacted the Lives of ICE Employees (Video)

For ICE employees, the prevention of another 9/11 is the reason many go to work each day.  The very existence of the U. S. Department of Homeland Security, and ICE, is...
NOAA's satellite image of Hurricane Florence (Courtesy of NOAA)

Hurricane Florence Prompts Mandatory Evacuations (Videos)

By Jay Croft, Paul P. Murphy and Kaylee Hartung, CNN As Hurricane Florence approaches the East Coast of the United States, the governors of North and South Carolina have issued mandatory evacuation...
The House of Representatives has passed the Biometric Identification Transnational Migration Alert Program (BITMAP) Authorization Act (H.R. 6439), sponsored by Rep. Michael T. McCaul.

11 Bills to Secure US Homeland Pass Including Biometric Screening Act

The House of Representatives has passed eleven bills to better secure our homeland by improving our nation’s defenses and staying ahead of ever-evolving threats. These bills bolster our border security efforts, strengthen...
More than 7,500 emergency responders, recovery and cleanup workers, and volunteers at the three Sept. 11 crash sites have been diagnosed with various forms of cancer, according to the World Trade Center Health Program, which is administered by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Sept. 11 Still Killing FBI Agents & First Responders (Learn More, Multi-Video)

By Del Quentin Wilber, The Los Angeles Times FBI Agent Dave LeValley was driving to work in Manhattan when he saw the first jetliner strike the World Trade Center on a bright September...

FBI Seek Aid in Robbery, Suspicious Incidents & FBI Bank Robbers App

Investigators assigned to the FBI Richmond Division’s Central Virginia Violent Crimes Task Force are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying the persons associated with a robbery attempt at one local...
Investigators in Florida say they’ve arrested a New Jersey tourist who told greeters at a Disney World resort that al-Qaida sent him to “blow the place up.”

Man Threatened to Blow Up Disney World on Orders of al-Qaida (Video)

By David Harris, The Los Angeles Times and the Orlando Sentinel Orange County deputies arrested a man after he told two employees at a Disney resort that he was sent by al-Qaida...