Course Offering: MGT-406 - Community Threat Group Identification, Assessment, and Information Reporting for Rural Law Enforcement Officers
The campus and surrounding community are cordially invited to participate in MGT-406: Community Threat Group Identification, Assessment, and Information Reporting for Rural Law Enforcement Officers — a valuable 8-hour, Department of Homeland Security/Federal Emergency Management Agency (DHS/FEMA)-certified, tuition-free management-level training course designed to enhance threat awareness and reporting capabilities in rural communities.
This course provides a comprehensive approach to identifying and assessing community threat groups (CTGs) in rural communities, with a specific focus on the evolving nexus of gangs, hate groups, and domestic/international terrorist organizations as they converge for criminal enterprise.
Participants will learn how to:
- Identify criminal activities of CTGs and networks impacting rural communities
- Classify domestic and international CTGs based on institutionalization, sophistication, and likelihood of convergence
- Utilize a suspicious activity report (SAR) to properly document and report suspicious activity related to CTGs
Course topics include (but are not limited to):
- Forensics and attribution
- Intelligence and information sharing
- Interdiction and disruption
- Operations coordination
- Planning
- Public information and warning
- Screening, search, and detection
- Threat and hazard identification
Who Should Attend:
- Law enforcement personnel
- Emergency management officials
- Governmental administrative and elected officials
Date: Thursday, June 18, 2026, Time: 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
Training Location: Whiting Criminal Justice Building, Conference Room #115, 2201 Lincoln Street, Durham, NC 27707
Registration Deadline: Thursday, June 11, 2026
This event is sponsored by the following:
- North Carolina Central University (NCCU)
- Institute for Homeland Security and Emergency Management (IHSEM)
- North Carolina Central University (NCCU) Police Department (PD)
We encourage early registration as seating may be limited. If you have any questions or need assistance with registration, please feel free to reach out to Dr. Michael Tucker at [email protected].