1. Suspicious Activity Reporting & How Your Observations Can Help Prevent Attacks.

2. National SAR Initiative
Tool to help prevent terrorism and other related criminal activity
Creates a unified process for reporting, analyzing, tracking, and sharing intelligence
Collaborative effort by Federal, State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial law enforcement partners.

3. Suspicious Activity Report (SAR)
Reports of activities and behaviors related to terrorism
Focuses on intelligence gathering or pre-operational planning
Sources:
Incident reports, field interviews, 911 calls, public tips
No report can be made base solely on race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, or any exercised First Amendment right.
Between1995 to 2012 – SARs were the third largest source of initial signs leading to foiling terrorist plots.

4. What Should Be Reported:
Behaviors, not appearance:
Surveillance
Information Elicitation
Misrepresentation
Theft & Vandalism
Breach/Attempted Intrusion
Photography of Critical Infrastructure
Material Acquisition & Storage
Recruiting & Financing

5. Additional Indicators
Regular/ Reoccurring 911 complaint calls to same address
Obvious nervousness
Tunnel vision (staring straight ahead)
Missing or stolen uniforms, credentials,
Clothing not matching the weather
access cards
Hands hidden from view
Not dressed in the custom of your location
Adjusting clothing at the waist
Not familiar with the layout of the area

6. Oklahoma City, OK – April 19, 1995
Pre-operational Behaviors Observed:
Surveillance
Elicitation
Tests of Security
Acquiring of Supplies
Suspicious persons
Trial/Dry Runs
Deploying Assets

7. Who Will React & Report Faster?
Person A
Person B
Distracted and not observing surroundings
Recognizes something unusual
Has no idea what to do about their observation
Has to ask someone what to do or may decide to do nothing because the behavior isn’t “noteworthy”
Alert for suspicious behavior indicators
Observes something unusual for his surroundings
Knows the plan for what to do next
Executes the plan & contacts necessary responders

16. What Should Not Be Reported?
Do not report based only on appearance or First Amendment protected rights.
Report on actions & behavior indicative of pre-planning operations.
Hmm, well they all look suspicious…

17. Response & Reporting Options
Observe further
Engage in conversation
Video/audio recording of individual(s)
Notify site authorities (manager/usher)
Confront the individual(s)
Evacuate the area
Call law enforcement
Send a text with details via See Something, Send Something
SAFE-MS
For a life threatening emergency call 911

19. Who Gets the Information?

20. MSAIC’s Mission Statement
Provide Mississippi with a centralized location for the gathering, analysis, and sharing of information from local, state, tribal, and federal resources to prevent criminal activity including acts of terrorism or other threats to public safety.
MSAIC serves as the integrated multi-discipline sharing network for situational awareness and is a key component of the jurisdiction's homeland security and crime prevention efforts.

21. Participating Agencies
Department of Homeland Security Rankin County Sheriff’s Office
Mississippi Bureau of Investigation U.S. Customs and Border Patrol
Transportation Security Administration Jackson Police Department
Federal Bureau of Investigation Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics
Mississippi State Department of Health Panola County Sheriff’s Office
Mississippi Office of the Attorney General MEMA
U.S. Postal Inspection Service

22. National Network of Fusion Centers
All 50 States
26 Major Urban Areas
Puerto Rico, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands

23. Process & Collate Information
Gather Information
Process & Collate Information
Analyze and Produce
Disseminate
Reevaluate
All Threats, Crimes, Hazards
Terrorism, Criminal, Natural and Man-made Disasters
Requests for information
Identify current and emerging threats
Assist in analysis of data
Produce and disseminate products for LEOs and first responders

24. Online SAR Training

25. British Scholar & Terrorism Expert
“Fighting terrorism is like being a goal keeper. You can make a hundred brilliant saves, but the only shot that people remember is the one that gets past you.”
Paul Wilkinson
British Scholar & Terrorism Expert
Questions?

26. Mississippi Analysis and Information Center
SAFE-MS (Toll Free)
Main:
Fax:

27. Julianna Logan Intelligence Analyst, FBI jilogan@fbi.gov 601-948-5000
Contact Information
Julianna Logan Intelligence Analyst, FBI