How to Report Suspected Terrorist Activity
Law enforcement agencies need citizens' help to stop terrorist activity. If you want to report a suspicious incident, person or group, follow these steps.
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Note as many physical characteristics of the person or persons involved in the suspicious event as possible. Report the suspicious party's sex, race, approximate age, height and weight, clothing, hair color and distinguishing characteristics (tattoos, accent, scars, facial hair and other identifying marks).
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Describe in detail exactly what you saw during the suspicious event. Know the time, location, what happened, who was involved and in what direction the suspects left. Your eyewitness account can aid law enforcement officials' efforts to apprehend the suspects. Take detailed notes of what you saw.
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Note characteristics of any vehicle the suspects used to make a getaway. The make, model, year, color, license plate number and any distinctive characteristics (dents, bumper stickers, tinted glass or paint chips) are all important details that can help law enforcement officials hunt the car down.
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Report peculiar incidents to your local police using their non-emergency number. Have your description of the suspects and notes regarding the incident ready. You may be asked to give your name and address. Remember that you are under no obligation to provide your personal information, although this may help law enforcement if they have further questions.
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Inform the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the suspicious incident. You can submit a tip by telephone, or anonymously, on their Web site (see Resources below). This contact information can also be found on the front cover of your local telephone directory.
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Call 911 only in an emergency situation. 911 is not the most effective source of help in cases of suspected terrorist activity which are not immediately life-threatening. However, suspicious unattended vehicles or packages left in public places may represent extreme public danger. Consider such a situation to be an emergency requiring the immediate attention of law enforcement officials.
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Tips & Warnings
Never attempt to thwart suspected terrorist activity yourself. Consider all potential terrorists to be extremely dangerous, and do not act except to report the incident to law enforcement officials.
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marko0916
Oct 06, 2009
there is a lotto store owner, he just arrived back from pakistan, he was away for over a month. i find him suspicious because of 3 incidents. i once went to buy a newspaper from him noticed a paper he was using was slashed with a knife many times over and over bush's front page picture. I came in another time and he had a huge, really huge walkie talkie and there were some hard core looking arabs i've never seen before hanging out in the background. He is the type that works all the time, 15-20 hours.. it was odd he left for so long. something is in the works, watch.. -
marko0916
Oct 06, 2009
there is a lotto store owner, he just arrived back from pakistan, he was away for over a month. i find him suspicious because of 3 incidents. i once went to buy a newspaper from him noticed a paper he was using was slashed with a knife many times over and over bush's front page picture. I came in another time and he had a huge, really huge walkie talkie and there were some hard core looking arabs i've never seen before hanging out in the background. He is the type that works all the time, 15-20 hours.. it was odd he left for so long. something is in the works, watch..
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chinweisuM
Jul 05, 2008
Please help! Mahadzirah binti Mohamad is a terrorist. She pretends to be a lecturer in Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, but i found out she is a terrorist and i am scared for my life. I heard her tell someone that she is planning a large attack on UK and she has gone there many times under the pretence of a sabatical but she said she really went to meet her contacts there to get her terrorist plan in to place. She plans to do something terrible. Please Help.
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chinweisuM
Jul 05, 2008
Please help! Mahadzirah binti Mohamad is a terrorist. She pretends to be a lecturer in Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, but i found out she is a terrorist and i am scared for my life. I heard her tell someone that she is planning a large attack on UK and she has gone there many times under the pretence of a sabatical but she said she really went to meet her contacts there to get her terrorist plan in to place. She plans to do something terrible. Please Help.
