Homeland Security Response Network Launched

The Homeland Security Response Network will launch today as part of our “Prepared Communities” Initiative. This network was created to promote emergency preparedness through awareness, education, community involvement and partnerships between individuals, groups and organizations.

Although the site has not yet launched, registration is open and nearly 1000 people have already registered.

We look forward to working with each of you and your groups as we begin building a vibrant, prepared online community. Register today!

Details wil be released via a Press Release later this week.

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UC Davis Researchers Face Bomb Threats

An animal rights group has claimed that it has sent letter bombs to two University of California, Davis researchers, the school said.

The UC Davis Police Department, Davis Police Department and other agencies are investigating the claim, and no suspicious packages have yet been detected.

The claim was made late on Saturday in a posting on an activist Web site, but the group was not named by authorities. Police notified the two researchers named in the posting — both who are affiliated with the California National Primate Research Center — early on Sunday morning.

“Such threats against our researchers are unacceptable, and we condemn them in the strongest possible terms,” said Stan Nosek, vice chancellor for administration at UC Davis, who is responsible for oversight of animal research and care on campus.

The university advised all researchers, faculty and staff to be vigilant in handling and opening mail, and to look out for suspicious packages, such as parcels that are unusually shaped, wrapped with a lot of tape or have excess postage.

via NorCal University Faces Bomb Threat – NBCBAYAREA- msnbc.com.

Former USF Student Sentenced To 15 Years In Terror Trial

Former University of South Florida student Ahmed Mohamed received a maximum 15-year federal prison sentence Thursday for providing material support to terrorists.

In court, U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday pondered the 27-year-old’s potential aloud, gazing at the former engineering doctoral student and teaching assistant who had once managed a 4.0 GPA.

“I still wonder why this young man in front of me at his age, at his intelligence, how he has become committed to this path,” Merryday said. Read more