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Gov. Greg Abbott directs DPS to bolster anti-terrorism efforts after New Orleans assault

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Editorial Board Published January 8, 2025
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Gov. Greg Abbott outlined a number of directives to Texas’ Division of Public Security on Tuesday that may enhance efforts to fight “radical jihadist terrorism” within the wake of the New Orleans assault on New 12 months’s Day.

The assertion from Abbott outlined 11 particular efforts for DPS to undertake, together with bolstering pre-existing partnerships with federal businesses and increasing packages DPS offers within the state. The brand new measures come nearly per week after a lethal assault in New Orleans by which a Houston man drove to town in a rental truck and mowed down a number of folks on Bourbon Road, killing 14 and injuring greater than 30 others.

The suspect, Military veteran Shamsud-Din Jabbar, who was killed by regulation enforcement, pledged allegiance to terrorist group ISIS in movies he posted on-line earlier than the assault.

Many of the directives outlined by the governor are geared toward growing or increasing anti-terror sources already in place. Included in these efforts can be elevated anti-terrorism activity drive operations with the FBI, which has discipline workplaces in Houston, Dallas, San Antonio and El Paso. The assertion additionally stated DPS will improve the variety of intelligence analysts assigned to help native jurisdictions with terroristic threats.

“Law enforcement at all levels must aggressively collaborate to eliminate radicalization that can lead to terrorist attacks,” Abbott stated.

One directive states DPS will work with federal officers to determine potential threats amongst “special interest migrants” and claimed a whole lot of people that entered the nation illegally have been on the federal authorities’s terrorist watch checklist. In 2017-2023, 293 non-U.S. residents on the Terrorist Screening Dataset have been detained throughout the southwest border, in accordance with the U.S. Customs and Border Safety, 169 of which have been in 2023. The info out there on CBP’s web site doesn’t make clear what number of of these have been inside Texas’ portion of the border.

Republican lawmakers each out and in of Texas have lengthy enmeshed criticisms of southern border safety with considerations on foreign-based terrorism, renewed by Jabbar’s connection to ISIS. In 2016, Abbott claimed members of the terrorist group have been “running through the border” and blamed then-president Barack Obama.

Within the hours instantly after the New Orleans assault, Fox Information initially reported the truck Jabbar had rented not too long ago crossed the Texas-Mexico border earlier than the assault, prompting a number of Republicans together with state Rep. Nate Schatzline, R-Fort Value, to name for “secure borders.” Fox Information later retracted the report, and officers confirmed the car had crossed the border in November, previous to Jabbar’s renting.

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The directive additionally indicated it could develop the Infrastructure Liaison Officer Program, which permits personal safety officers on tips on how to obtain coaching to collaborate with police and public security officers. At present the ILO program permits certification for these in sure fields to alert officers extra simply to potential threats, and the governor’s workplace stated it could present extra certifications and coordination.

The assertion didn’t make clear when any particular new program expansions can be carried out. Different insurance policies the governor’s workplace outlined for DPS included assessing the vulnerability of the state Capitol to car ramming assaults and partnering with native regulation enforcement for workshops and risk evaluation methods.

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