Critically important subject. Back in the 1990s, the secret service which by that point had long been involved in threat investigations and Threat Management embarked on a study as to the thinking and behavior of persons who engage in the violence against public figures or officials. The results set a foundation for how we investigate threats. Ntac was established to more bradley consider research, provide training and consultation in areas of threat and all forms of violence, whether or not they have endemic to the secret services mission. Since its foundation, ntac investigates studies. Attacks on government buildings and high profile targets. In a moment im going to invier ntacs chief to provide further insights on this years report and the efforts of ntac. But before i did i wanted to cover highlights i think are worthy of note and would bear repeating this. Years report focused on 27 incidents of mass violence, incidents in which three Megan Rapinoe people are killed. Incidents th
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Especially those of us in Law Enforcement thank you for joining us here today showing support and helping the secret Service Continue to bring attention to this critically important subject. Back in the 1990s the secret service have been involved in Threat Management embarked on a comprehensive study as to the thinking and behavior of persons who engage in violence against Public Officials and public figures. The results of the study said the foundation for how the agency currently conducts its own threat assessment and moreover in the wake of the report that followed back then it was too more broadly conduct research and deliver training and provide consultation and areas of threat assessment and whether they are endemic to the secret service mission. Since its inception, theyve conducted numerous studies on how to prevent mass attacks in public spaces, schoolbased violence, attacks on government buildings and highprofile targets. In a moment, im going to invite the chief up to provid
Everyone is asking. There are 30 of us in total rifles were given to the front out of all 20016, but we want to direct our efforts now. For these rifles, because there are, especially in the south, where there are long distances and it is necessary to get orks at a very long distance, there are professionals who are ready to switch to these calibers, to use them effectively, then the state would also need to wake up and provide more guys with exactly such calibers, well, that is, in fact, if i summarize what i heard from you, first of all, the sniper groups that gained experience there before the beginning of. The active phase are now the carriers of that combat experience, and actually they can be the backbone that will ensure the effectiveness of units on the battlefield, even outside of sniper directions. The problem is that not all commanders at the brigade or battalion level, or rather at the brigade level, understand the effectiveness of snipers, and the main problem is to ensure
Absolutely fantastic for the front, that is well 11 killed on. Several hundred snipers, it shows that this is a highly professional backbone of the defense, and now that the main recruits, they are very uninitiative, they are so passive, they tend to leave their positions and so on, and how many dont teach them they are all the same, well, they are not the combat guys who made up the backbone of the army in the 22nd year, so now it is necessary, accordingly , to appreciate professionals. In every profession and that snipers should be this backbone, because very often the guys just look, o snipers with machine gunners do not leave, so we stay, o snipers say that it is better to storm the high ground than to die in this landing, as was the case with the robot, because they stormed the dominant height, because if only they understood that they would die in the landing, retold, we will take you with and you will be able to storm, well, if we go anyway, we will die in the landing, and accor