Plan for the Worst, Hope for the Best

In the wake of the January shooting incident at a New Hope City Council Meeting, the League of Minnesota Cities (LMC) received numerous calls from city officials and staff about safety at public meetings. In response to these questions, LMC put together materials for city officials about working with local law enforcement to prevent and respond to targeted violence.

This webpage can be found here and shared with your officials. In developing this webpage, we also thought it made sense to create a related post on this blog with materials about targeted violence geared towards the law enforcement community. 

Here is a reminder of some of the more extensive resources on this topic:

• The United States Secret Service Threat Assessment Center maintains an extensive webpage with helpful materials. Their materials include the comprehensive Attacks on Federal Government 2001-2013: Threat Assessment Considerations 
  
  
• The National Center for State Courts has developed the Court Security Handbook: Ten Essential Elements for Court Security and Emergency Preparedness

•  Finally, the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI have created a Countering Violent Extremism and Active Shooter Portal with additional resources that can be accessed by law enforcement

Up next…A Report From a Regional Fire School

In the meantime, stay safe and be careful.



Rob