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Police code. A police code is a brevity code, usually numerical or alphanumerical, used to transmit information between law enforcement over police radio systems in the United States. Examples of police codes include "10 codes" (such as 10-4 for "okay" or "acknowledged"—sometimes written X4 or X-4), signals, incident codes, response codes, or ...
It described the June 18 bombings as a terrorist attack against the Russian Railway Forces in Abkhazia, who had recently started repairing the Sukhumi- Ochamchire section of the Abkhazian railway, to the detriment of Georgia. [1] The June 29 and 30 bombings were likewise described as terrorist attacks, perpetrated with the aim of destroying the ...
Melee attack 0 (+1) 3 New York City, New York: 2014 New York City hatchet attack: Zale Thompson injured two New York City Police Department (NYPD) officers, once critically at a Queens, New York City shopping district by striking them with a hatchet. Four officers were posing for a photograph when Thompson charged them.
The patch of the Joint Terrorism Task Force for Atlanta, Georgia. A Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) is an American locally-based multi-agency partnership between various federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies tasked with investigating terrorism and terrorism-related crimes, led by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and U.S. Department of Justice. [1]
Homeland Security Advisory System. In the United States, the Homeland Security Advisory System (HSAS) was a color-coded terrorism threat advisory scale created in March 2002 under the Bush administration in response to the September 11 attacks. The different levels triggered specific actions by federal agencies and state and local governments ...
The September 11 attacks were the deadliest terrorist attacks in human history, causing the deaths of 2,996 people, including 2,977 victims and 19 hijackers who committed murder–suicide. Thousands [a] more were injured, [3][4] and long-term health effects have arisen as a consequence of the attacks. New York City took the brunt of the death ...
Beslan school siege. The Beslan school siege (also referred to as the Beslan school hostage crisis or the Beslan massacre) [2][3][4] was an Islamic terrorist attack that started on 1 September 2004. It lasted three days, and involved the imprisonment of more than 1,100 people as hostages, (including 777 children) [5] ending with the deaths of ...
The Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 was introduced on April 27, 1995. [5] Arlen Specter introduced a provision to allow US citizens to file civil lawsuits against foreign nations where Americans has been killed in terrorist attacks. Lawyers at the State Department tried to have the provision removed.