Countering Targeted Violence: Utilizing a Threat Assessment and Management Approach for Identifying and Assessing Potential Concerns – The Iowa Division of Intelligence and Fusion Center (DOI/FC) utilizes a Threat Assessment and Management approach in addressing potential threats of targeted violence.  Targeted violence entails premeditated violent acts against a known target with an unspecified timeframe for planning and preparation.  Examples of targeted violence include threats to public officials, workplace violence, stalking, assassinations, school shootings, mass shootings, and terrorism.  

This presentation will outline the Threat Assessment and Management process in addressing targeted violence, focusing primarily on identifying individuals that may present a concern for engaging in targeted violence.  The brief will identify warning behaviors that have been associated broadly with targeted acts of violence, providing an explanation of the key indicators of the behaviors and applying them to an array of past acts of targeted violence.