QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
The Suspicious Activity Reporting (SAR) process - ANS gathering information regarding
behaviors and incidents associated with crime and establishing a process whereby information
can be shared to detect and prevent criminal activity, including that associated with domestic
and international terrorism.
Goal of SAR Process - ANS Ensuring that behavior which may be indicative of terrorist activity
is shared with Fusion Centers and Joint Terrorism Task Forces (JTTF) in an expedited manner so
that broad partnership resources can be leveraged as quickly as possible. All agencies,
regardless of size or jurisdiction, have a role in the nationwide SAR process.
2 Types of Terrorism - ANS Domestic & International
White Supremacist Extremists - ANS Groups or individuals who facilitate or engage in acts of
violence directed at the federal government, ethnic minorities, or Jewish persons in support of
their belief that Caucasians are intellectually and morally superior to other races and their
perception that the government is controlled by Jewish persons.
Black Supremacist Extremists - ANS Groups or individuals who facilitate or engage in acts of
violence as a means to oppose racial integration or to eliminate non-black people and Jewish
people.
Animal Rights Extremists: - ANS Groups of individuals who facilitate or engage in acts of
violence directed against people, businesses, or government entities perceived to be exploiting
or abusing animals.
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, Sovereign Citizen Extremists: - ANS Groups or individuals who facilitate or engage in acts of
violence directed at public officials, financial institutions, and government facilities in support of
their belief that the legitimacy of US citizenship should be rejected; almost all forms of
established government, authority, and institutions are illegitimate; and that they are immune
from federal, state and local laws.
Environmental Rights Extremists: - ANS Groups or individuals who facilitate or engage in acts
of violence against people, businesses, or government entities perceived to be destroying,
degrading, or exploiting the natural environment.
Militia Extremists: - ANS Groups or individuals who facilitate or engage in acts of violence
directed at federal, state, or local government officials or infrastructure in response to their
belief that the government deliberately is stripping Americans of their freedoms and is
attempting and is attempting to establish a totalitarian regime.
Anti-Abortion Extremists - ANS Groups or individuals who facilitate or engage in acts of
violence directed against the providers of abortion - related services, their employees, and their
facilities in support of the belief that the practice of abortion should end.
International Terrorrism - ANS Involves groups of individuals whose terrorist activities are
foreign based and/or directed by countries or groups outside the U.S. of whose activities
transcend national boundaries.
Domestic Terrorism - ANS Involves groups or individuals whose terrorist activities are
directed at elements of our government or population without foreign direction.
Promising Practices - ANS Employing terrorism awareness
Internet based communication with stakeholders
community outreach
Liaison programs with community partners
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