Developed by Strategic Applications International and sponsored by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, the Below Ten project was designed to apply community policing principles to the unique crime challenges faced by communities on the southwestern border of the United States.  It focuses on three cities located on or below Interstate 10—Nogales, Arizona; Pharr, Texas; and San Diego, California—and their efforts to respond to a wide range of problems related to guns, drugs, and human trafficking.

Released by the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC), this booklet provides indicators of violent extremist mobilization.  These indicators are intended to provide a road map of observable behaviors that could inform whether individuals or groups are preparing to engage in violent extremist activities.  The indicators are grouped by their assessed levels of diagnosticity—meaning how clearly NCTC judges the behavior demonstrates an individual’s trajectory toward terrorist activity.

The U.S. House of Representatives Homeland Security Committee recently released September’s Terror Threat Snapshot, a monthly assessment of the committee’s continuing effort to highlight the growing threat that America, the West, and the world face from ISIS and other Islamist terrorists.  The snapshot includes recent developments, plots, attacks, and operations against several Islamist terrorist groups.

The Police Data Initiative promotes the use of open data to encourage joint problem solving, innovation, enhanced understanding, and accountability between communities and law enforcement agencies that serve them.  The site provides a consolidated and interactive listing of open and soon-to-be-opened data sets that more than 130 local law enforcement agencies have identified as important to their communities.  The site provides critical and timely resources, including technical guidance; best practices; success stories; how-to articles; and links to related efforts.

During National Gang Violence Prevention Week, my Administration commits to continue its steadfast efforts to identify and eradicate the gangs that spread bloodshed, murder our youth, and lay siege to neighborhoods across our country.

~President Donald J. Trump

On September 14, 2018, President Donald J. Trump proclaimed the week of September 16 through September 22, 2018, as “National Gang Violence Prevention Week.”  He noted that the Department of Justice is partnering with state, local, and tribal law enforcement to bolster efforts to combat criminal gangs through comprehensive violent crime reduction initiatives, such as Project Safe Neighborhoods.   

The National Gang Center is a DOJ-funded resource for current information, training, and technical assistance to assist law enforcement and communities with gang reduction.