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Law enforcement officials release guidelines on protecting the election
The Lakeport Police Department, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Homeland Security and the Northern California Regional Intelligence Center released a message to describe the role of law enforcement to protect public safety during elections.
“Although we have no known threats at this time, we are asking for the public’s assistance with addressing crime and threats in our community from those that may be planning violence or attempting to disrupt the election,” the agencies said. “Public safety measures can only be effective when they involve strong collaboration between law enforcement and the communities that we serve. All federal, state, and local public safety and election officials are united in efforts to make this election safe.”
One of their efforts is suspicious activity reporting. Law enforcement, homeland security and elections professionals want to ensure that the public understands how to report suspicious elections-related activity.
The public should contact law enforcement via 9-1-1 when an immediate response is needed regarding suspicious activity for any type of crime, including terrorism. Your local law enforcement agency will share your reporting with the Northern California Regional Intelligence Center, or NCRIC, and FBI.
They ask the public to call 9-1-1 if they see any of the following suspicious behavior:
– Breach/attempted intrusion: Unauthorized personnel attempting to enter or actually entering a restricted area, secured protected site, or nonpublic area. Impersonation of authorized personnel (e.g., police/security officers, janitor, or other personnel).
– Misrepresentation: Presenting false information or misusing insignia, documents and/or identification to misrepresent one’s affiliation as a means of concealing possible illegal activity.
– Theft/loss/diversion: Stealing or diverting something associated with a facility/infrastructure or secured protected site (e.g., badges, uniforms, identification, emergency vehicles, technology, or documents {classified or unclassified}), which are proprietary to the facility/infrastructure or secured protected site.
– Sabotage/tampering/vandalism: Damaging, manipulating, defacing or destroying part of a facility/infrastructure or secured protected site.
– Cyber attack: Compromising, or attempting to compromise or disrupt an organization's information technology infrastructure.
– Expressed or implied threat: Communicating a spoken or written threat to commit a crime that will result in death or bodily injury to another person or persons or to damage or compromise a facility/infrastructure or secured protected site.
– Weapons collection/discovery: Collection or discovery of unusual amounts or types of weapons*, including explosives, chemicals, and other destructive materials, or evidence, detonations or other residue, wounds or chemical burns, that would arouse suspicion of terrorism or other criminality in a reasonable person.