§607 Terrorism Prevention

Summary

At least 25 percent of the combined grant money given under sections 604 and 605 must be spent on law enforcement terrorism prevention. That money can pay for things like sharing and analyzing information, making places harder to attack, recognizing threats, stopping terrorists, training and drills for mass casualty or active shooter events and public locations (like airports and transit), overtime under state homeland security plans (including border work), creating and staffing fusion centers, paying intelligence analysts, and other activities allowed by the program or the Administrator. Funds must also help include rural and other underrepresented communities in fusion centers when appropriate. The Department must create an Office for State and Local Law Enforcement led by an Assistant Secretary with law enforcement, intelligence, and counterterrorism experience. The Secretary must give the office permanent staff. The Assistant Secretary must coordinate Department-wide policy on the role of state, local, and tribal law enforcement in preparing for and responding to disasters and terrorism, act as a liaison to those agencies, work with intelligence staff to meet information-sharing needs, help focus grants on terrorism prevention, work with other agencies on voluntary national training and protective-equipment standards, and, with the Administrator, study whether special deployment teams are feasible and report to Congress. This office does not replace the Administrator’s responsibilities.