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WASHINGTON - Building on the Biden-Harris Administration's commitment to combating all forms of terrorism and targeted violence, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas announced today that DHS has established a new Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships (CP3) to improve the Department's ability to combat terrorism and targeted violence, consistent with privacy protections, civil rights and civil liberties, and other applicable laws.
"CP3 will help build local prevention frameworks to provide communities with the tools they need to combat terrorism and targeted violence," said Secretary Mayorkas. "Individuals who may be radicalizing, or have radicalized, to violence typically exhibit behaviors that are recognizable to many but are best understood by those closest to them, such as friends, family, and classmates."
CP3 will replace the Office for Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention while ensuring DHS's efforts are grounded in an approach to violence prevention that leverages behavioral threat assessment and management tools, and addresses early-risk factors that can lead to radicalization to violence.
Secretary Mayorkas also announced a new, dedicated domestic terrorism branch within the Department's Office of Intelligence & Analysis (I&A) to ensure DHS develops the expertise necessary to?produce the sound, timely intelligence needed to?combat threats posed by domestic terrorism and targeted violence. I&A will also continue leveraging the National Network of Fusion Centers and our deployed intelligence professionals who collect and analyze threat information alongside our state, local, tribal, territorial, and private sector partners to increase timely and actionable information sharing in a dynamic threat environment.
The creation of CP3 and the I&A Domestic Terrorism Branch are the latest actions DHS is taking under Secretary Mayorkas's leadership to comprehensively combat domestic violent extr
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