Presented by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Description

The Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS), in partnership with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships (CP3), is pleased to offer the Community Awareness Briefing (CAB) virtual training. The CAB is designed to help participants develop an understanding of violent extremist recruitment tactics and explore ways to prevent such threats at the local level. The CAB provides the introductory knowledge needed to successfully prevent targeted violence and terrorism. The main goal of the CAB is to raise awareness of how violent extremist movements recruit individuals to commit violent or illegal acts, and negatively impact these individuals, their families, and their communities. 

Who should attend?

This training is being offered to individuals who are currently serving on their K-12 school threat assessment team, the school division oversight committee, as well as teams that serve institutions of higher education. Other faculty and staff members at both levels of education such as school counselors, psychologists, social workers, and safety coordinators are encouraged to attend this training as well.

Topics to be addressed

Topics to be covered include:

• Radicalizing to violence

• Recruitment tactics

• Counter tactics

• Awareness of factors that contribute to radicalization

• Proactive habits to support vulnerable populations against violent extremists

• Available local and national resource education

• Protecting the community against violent extremism

Partial In-Service Credit

There are no partial in-service credit hours available  for this training.

Training Details

• The virtual training will be hosted via Zoom.

• Attendees will receive the Zoom meeting information, including password, upon registering for the training.

• The Zoom waiting room will be open to let attendees in 15 minutes prior to the start of the training.

• There will be a morning and afternoon session. Both sessions are the same training, being offered at different times to accommodate various constituent schedules.

Cost and Registration

There is no cost to the participant to attend this training. Pre-registration is required.

Please note that the DCJS registration system does not have the capacity to sort eligible from ineligible registrants. Therefore, anyone who registers will receive a confirmation. It is the responsibility of the DCJS assigned course director to review the roster and make a final determination on acceptance into the course. Registrants not accepted will be notified via the email address provided during registration.