Mass Casualty Attacks
LEWISTON, MAINE - OCTOBER 27: Law enforcement officials gather at the Lewiston High School as they continue a manhunt for suspect Robert Card following a mass shooting on October 27, 2023 in Lewiston, Maine. Police are actively searching for a suspect, Army reservist Robert Card, who allegedly killed 18 people in a mass shooting at a bowling alley and restaurant in Lewiston, Maine.
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The terrorism threat landscape continues to evolve since al Qaeda’s attacks on September 11, 2001. Since 9/11, violent extremists repeatedly adapted to counterterrorism pressure as law enforcement a...
Education & Training
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With more than 22,000 kilometers of paved highways, São Paulo has the largest and most complex road network of all Brazilian states. The state's Military Police is responsible for protecting all 645 ...
Terrorism
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With more than 1 million visitors expected ahead of Super Bowl LVII (2023), the Arizona Fusion Center—also known as the Arizona Counter Terrorism Information Center (ACTIC)—knew the Phoenix metro ...
Global Policing
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As the United States ebbs closer to its next election season, with the anticipated risk of protests becoming violent, the swath of campus disturbances across the United States in April 2024 prompts th...
Human & Civil Rights
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The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution guarantees “the right of the people peaceably to assemble.” Throughout U.S. history, this liberty has shielded public assemblies and contributed to po...
Crime & Violence
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The beginning of the newly elected presidential government in Brazil in 2022 was marked by an attempt to break the democratic regime through the invasion and vandalism of the headquarters of the three...
Terrorism
A member of the RCMP’s Protective Services surveils the tarmac as the Government of Canada plane arrives at the Canada Reception Centre at the Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport in May 2022.
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Statistics compiled in 2023 by Élections Québec, and updated as of July 31, 2024, show that, since Quebec’s last municipal elections in 2021, 944 elected officials left their posts before their te...
Global Policing
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For more than 40 years, the Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) has trained for and responded to terrorist incidents, from the 1983 bombings of the U.S. embassy and Marine Barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, t...