WAVE 10-31-16

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Long Branch
City-Wide Curfew:

A mandatory curfew (L.B. Ordi- Student jumps from 2nd-floor
nance # 150-1) will be in effect school window to avoid test,
from the hours of 8:00 p.m.
through 6:00 a.m. beginning on cops say
Saturday, October 29th and end-
ing on Tuesday, November 1st. An Asbury Park High School stu-
This means that any persons dent was injured when she
under the age of seventeen are jumped out a window to avoid
not permitted on the city streets taking a test Wednesday morn-
during curfew hours, unless ac- ing, police said.
companied by a parent or
guardian. Anyone found violating The 15-year-old student leaped
the curfew would be taken to po- from a second-floor window at
lice headquarters until a parent the high school at 8:44 a.m. be-
or guardian can respond to pick cause she didn't want to take a
them up. test, said Officer Michael Casey,
spokesman for the Asbury Park
Police Department.

The teen was taken to the hospi-
tal for treatment for a broken
ankle and for an evaluation, he
said.

School officials said the high may have been affected, he said. 3
school was conducting PSAT and cooperated in ensuring the
testing on Wednesday for fresh- Above story was printed in the safety of all students by activat-
men, sophomores and juniors. Asbury Park Press on 10-19-16 ing a shelter in place. This was
There was a delayed opening for enacted out of an abundance of
seniors. Toms River students told to caution and the officers had no
shelter in place due to reason to believe that any stu-
The student who jumped is a dents were in danger.”
sophomore who arrived at school ‘distraught’ parent, cops say
around before 7:47 a.m. and re- Stocco said that as police re-
ported to homeroom, according TOMS RIVER — Students at a sponded to the scene, many of
to school officials They said that Toms River school were told to them may have had their service
rather than go to her assigned shelter in place after police were weapons exposed until they
testing location, she went to the notified about a “distraught and were assured that there was no
second-floor ladies bathroom on potentially suicidal” male who danger and everything was
the building's east side and lives in the area and has a child under control.
climbed out of the window in an in the school.
effort to leave the building. The Police were able to track down
student fell to the ground, and According to police spokesman the man at his home by about 2
yelled for help, school officials Ralph Stocco, police spoke to p.m., at which time he was taken
said. the man on his cell phone just to a local hospital for evaluation.
after noon, but they were unable Police did not reveal any addi-
Nurses from Asbury Park High to confirm his location. Police say tional details about the disturbed
School and the neighboring Mon- the man resides in the area of In- male or his phone call.
mouth County Vocational School dian Hill Road and Hooper Av-
District attended to her until enue, and he has a child “Our priorities are always to take
emergency services arrived. The attending the school, which is on the appropriate measures neces-
student was transported to Jer- the same campus as Hooper Av- sary to ensure the safety to our-
sey Shore University Medical enue Elementary School. selves as well as the
Center in Neptune for treatment community,” Stocco said. “We al-
and evaluation, school officials Stocco said police made the de- ways want to be prepared for the
said. cision to have students shelter in worst and later reduce the level
place because the man lived so of reaction as more information
"It's unfortunate that one of our close to the elementary school. becomes available.”
students took extreme measures “Being that his residence is in
to exit the building, which re- very close proximity to the school Above story was published by
sulted in her being injured," Su- the officers initiated safety proto- New Jersey 101.5 on 10-19-16
perintendent Lamont Repollet cols until they could confirm he
said. "Our priority is to have a was not near the school,” Stocco
safe learning environment where said. “The school was notified
we take the safety and security of
all of our students very seri-
ously."

Counselors will be made avail-
able to staff and students who

Why Explosives? proven to be an effective means 4
of achieving the terrorist intent. tion to the interests of the re-
1. Low risk, but extremely dra- sponsible
matic In addition, a lone terrorist or terrorist
small group with limited skills and group.
2. Low cost, but high yield resources can prepare and de- Just look
liver explosive or incendiary de- at the
3. Few skills needed vices. most re-
cent
4. Components readily available This opportunity complicates at- bombing in
tempts to detect and deter at- our own
5. A variety of options for delivery tacks and to identify the backyard,
sponsors of such terrorism. Fur- Seaside
6. Large groups not required thermore, with the exception of Park, in which Ahmad Khan Ra-
suicide bombers, use of explo- hami, placed bombs along the
7. Sponsors difficult to identify sives and incendiary devices route of a race for Marines. He
permits an attacker to leave the then set off bombs in New York
8. Forensic evidence difficult to targeted location, thus protecting City and was taken down in a
identify him or her from harm, identifica- shootout with Linden Police.
tion, and apprehension.
Terrorists often use energetic The use of suicide bombers
materials because they provide a A successful bomb attack re- raises fear and apprehension
dramatic, low-risk, low-cost, yet ceives substantial media atten- among members of the public.
high-yield tool for making a pub- tion; large attacks focus the The fanaticism associated with
lic statement. Chemical precur- attention of the world on one lo- such attacks makes early detec-
sors of explosives and device cation. They suggest that gov- tion and interdiction extremely
components are readily avail- ernments cannot protect their difficult.
able. Their use leaves an obvi- citizens. When a group claims
ous and often long-lasting record credit for an attack or attacks, The use of explosives and incen-
of the event. Explosives have such as those of September 11, diary devices by terrorist groups
2001, the bombing draws atten- is reported annually by the Na-
tional Counterterrorism Center
(NCTC) to the U.S. Department
of State. Explosive and incendi-
ary devices are the most com-
mon weapons used in terrorist
attacks and cause the greatest
number of deaths and injuries.
The NCTC annual report may be
viewed on their website at

Although many previous attacks
have occurred in large cities, ter-
rorist attacks can occur at any lo-
cation where there is an
attractive target. School are such
a traget.

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Known Terrorist Activity in the United States
Department of Homeland Security

POTENTIAL TARGETS According to the U.S. Depart- the impact of an attack. While at-
ment of State’s Country Reports tacks may appear to be isolated
1. Government buildings on Terrorism 2004, terrorists events, they sometimes are part
2. Mass transit have targeted a wide range of in- of an overall plan that includes
3. Public buildings and assembly dividuals and structures in their multiple targets. Sometimes, ter-
areas attacks. History shows that gov- rorists engage in common crimi-
4. Controversial businesses ernment personnel and struc- nal acts, such as bank robberies
5. Water supply locations tures are frequent terrorist or extortion, to obtain funds to
6. Research laboratories targets, as are other locations continue their campaigns.
7. Any location where large where terrorists can cause ex-
groups congregate tensive damage and casualties. ACQUIRING
8. Religious houses The FBI’s annual report on do- INFORMATION &
9. Schools & Economic targets mestic terrorism shows that most
terrorist attacks in the U.S. are MATERIALS
bombings.
A determined individual can ob-
Some terrorists focus on physical tain information concerning po-
symbols (such as the World tential targets with little difficulty;
Trade Center). Others want to in- major terrorist attacks are nor-
tensify the terror aspect by focus- mally preceded by a lengthy pe-
ing on human targets, based on riod of preparation that includes
the belief that the greater the collection of detailed information
number of casualties, the greater
concerning the potential target.

Once terrorists have identified a valuable only if terrorists can ob- 6
potential target, they can access tain the materials necessary for veillance of an intended target
information concerning the target their construction. Unfortunately, may occur over many weeks,
from a variety of sources govern- those materials are also easily months, or even years so as to
ment agencies, libraries, fire- accessed. not draw unwarranted attention.
evacuation diagrams, public Everyone must be vigilant and
records, and Internet sites. Get- Countermeasures for evaluate incidents to see if a pat-
ting firsthand knowledge of the Prevention & Deterrence tern, or mosaic, is developing.
site is critical the terrorist can visit We have spoken about Energetic
the site, assuming the role of a Awareness during routine re- Material, do you know what that
tourist, customer, delivery per- sponse activities of factors incon- is or means?
son, or employee. For example, sistent with circumstances and
prior to the attacks of September surroundings An energetic material
11, 2001, several terrorists actu- – Face and hand burn injuries (such as explosives
ally were passengers on the – Quantities of chemicals and incendiaries) is
flights they were to hijack. Exten- – Quantities of materials (con- one that can undergo a
sive photographs of the World tainers,timers, devices) rapid chemical decom-
Trade Center’s Twin Towers • Surveillance detection position (giving off
were found in the possessions of • Intelligence data heat, light, and sound)
participants in the September 11, • Structural barriers and release a large
2001 attacks. Awareness. amount of energy.
Surveillance detection. Why is
Today, techniques for making en- someone taking special interest
ergetic materials and construct- in a facility or activity? Is some-
ing explosive and incendiary one looking for an opportunity to
devices are readily available strike? Assessing pre-attack indi-
from sources on the Internet, cators (PAIN) is not easy. Sur-
CDs, libraries, and bookstores.
Technical information on explo-
sive and incendiary devices is
readily available. Books such as
the Anarchist’s Cookbook that
provide detailed procedures to
formulate explosive mixtures can
be purchased at many book-
stores. Military training and tech-
nical manuals, found in military
surplus stores, are sources of
similar information. Setting Fires
with Electrical Timers, a guide
produced by ELF, is a source of
detailed yet simple instructions
on fabricating incendiary devices
and can be obtained on the Inter-
net. Knowledge of how to con-
struct incendiary devices is

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Deterrence is associated with the The occurrence of bomb inci- omnipotence, fantasy, psychotic
first question and involves pre- dents or threats can have a distortion, ideology, retaliation
senting a security posture that major impact on the targeted vic- and no doubt there are many
discourages initial targeting. It is tims depending on how the more. However, the research on
important that terrorists perceive school responds. The potential motives is generally limited to
potential targets as relatively in- for serious injury and damage other kinds of violence, so any
vulnerable to attack. Surveillance makes even an empty threat a imputation of motives to those
of areas surrounding a potential very serious incident. Thus, even who deliver bomb threats must
target may not only deter attacks though some 90 percent of bomb remain speculative.
but may also prevent the suc- threats in schools may turn out to
cessful execution of an attack (in be pranks, each threat must be Delivery. Bomb threats are deliv-
this case, successful means det- taken seriously and acted upon ered in various ways: by letter,
onation of an explosive device at immediately. Evacuation of build- face-to-face, e-mail, on a stu-
the intended location with the in- ings causes major disruption, dent’s website, or even a ges-
tended consequences). which in many cases may be an ture. However the most common
attractive outcome from the of- means of delivering a bomb
Summary fender’s point of view. Many threat is by telephone.7
school districts report losses in
• Terrorism is not a new phenom- excess of $250,000 because of How seriously should a threat be
enon school closings and costs of taken? The seriousness of a
bomb search squads. School bomb threat is self-evident be-
• Terrorists have a wide variety of districts are increasingly requir- cause of the potential for wide-
motives, tactics tools, and targets ing schools to make up days lost spread destruction that can be
due to bomb threats. wrought by a bomb, compared to
• We can expect more terrorism other weapons that are usually
in the U.S. About Bomb Threats aimed at particular targets.

• Most terrorist attacks have used
energetic materials

• Terrorist incidents involving en-
ergetic materials will probably in-
crease

Motives. There are many sup-
posed motives for bomb threats,
among them: humor, self-asser-
tion, anger, manipulation, ag-
gression, hate and devaluation,

However, if, as we have noted al- 8
ready, 90 percent of bomb
threats are hoaxes (either there suspended from school on multi-
is no bomb at all or the “bomb” is ple occasions
a fake), how seriously should the
threat be taken? Since the extent Warning Signs of • Seems preoccupied with
of disruption caused by bomb Potential School Violence weapons or violence, especially
threats is considerable whether associated more with killing hu-
the bomb is real or not, all such NOTE: These signs have been mans than with target practice or
threats are often responded to on extracted from a variety of hunting
the assumption that a real bomb sources46 and do not represent
does exist. a scientific assessment, and • Has few or no close friends de-
should be regarded as specula- spite having lived in the area for
In fact, the law throughout the tive. Some warning signs of po- some time
United States tends to treat false tential school violence may
bomb threats almost as severely include a student who: • Has a sudden decrease in aca-
as real bomb threats† and demic performance and/or inter-
makes little exception for juve- • Has engaged in violent behav- est in school activities
niles. Yet in the hurly-burly of the ior in the past
school setting, many threats are • Is abusive to animals
made in the normal course of the • Has tantrums and uncontrol-
day among students and be- lable angry outbursts abnormal • Has too little parental supervi-
tween teachers and students, for someone that age sion given the student’s age and
some of which allude to explo- level of maturity
sives. The majority of such • Continues exhibiting antisocial
threats are never reported to the behaviors that began at an early • Has been a victim of abuse or
police. For example, a student age
states to his gym teacher, “All been neglected by
jocks deserve to be blown up.” • Forms and/or maintains friend-
The seriousness with which to ships with others who have re- parents/guardians
take this threat depends on how peatedly engaged in problem
it is delivered. If the student was behaviors • Has repeatedly witnessed do-
laughing or joking, the teacher mestic abuse or other forms of vi-
may pay no mind to it. If made by • Often engages in name calling, olence
a student with a history of such cursing, or abusive language
pronouncements, the threat may • Has experienced trauma or loss
be taken more seriously. It is • Has brought a weapon or has in their home or community
therefore important for schools to threatened to bring a weapon to
develop a response plan that in- school • Pays no attention to the feelings
cludes criteria for making as- or rights of others
sessments of seriousness and • Consistently makes violent
for adopting responses commen- threats when angry • Intimidates others
surate with that assessment.
• Has a substance abuse prob- • Has been a victim of intimida-
lem tion by others

• Is frequently truant or has been • Reflects excessive anger in
writing projects

Questions to Ask When tion and relocation of students 9
Coordinating the Bomb and how? relinquish command of the
Threat Response Team scene?
• When will police declare the “all
(Source: Bureau of Alcohol, To- clear”? • Will the fire department assist
bacco, Firearms and Explosives with evacuation and relocation of
2003) • Who makes the decision to re- students and how?
occupy the facility, police, the
Police principal, or someone else? • When will the fire department
• When should the police be declare the “all clear”?
called? • Who conducts follow-up inves-
tigation of bomb threats and how • What role will the fire depart-
• When will police respond? is the investigation conducted? ment have in the prevention of
bomb threats?

• Who will be sent? • What role will police have in the Bomb Squad (also may include
prevention of bomb threats? Explosives Detection Canine
• What is the police department’s Unit)
role at the scene? • How can police assist in “hard-
ening the target”? • Who makes the request for the
• What is the school’s place in the bomb squad?
incident command structure? Fire
• When should the fire depart- • When will the bomb squad re-
• What information, materials and ment be called? spond?
participation will the bomb squad
require from school administra- • When will the fire department • Who will be sent?
tors? respond?
• What is the role of the bomb
• Where does evacuation deci- • Who will be sent? squad at the scene?
sion-making power lie, with po-
lice or with the principal? • What is the fire department’s • What information, materials and
role at the scene? participation will the bomb squad
• Will police participate in require from school administra-
searches and if so, when and • What information, materials and tors?
how? participation will the bomb squad
require from school administra- • Will the bomb squad participate
• When will an explosives detec- tors? in searches and if so, when and
tion canine be involved? how?
• Will the fire department partici-
• Under what circumstances will pate in searches and if so, when
police assume command of the and how?
scene?
• Under what circumstances will
• When do police relinquish com- the fire department assume com-
mand of the scene? mand of the scene?

• Will police assist with evacua- • When will the fire department

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• What general procedures does • Under what circumstances will

the bomb squad use when deal- ATF assume command of the

ing with a suspicious item? scene?

• When will an explosives detec- • How does ATF work with law
tion canine be involved? enforcement and the fire depart
ment?
• Under what circumstances will
the bomb squad assume com- • When will ATF relinquish com-
mand of the scene? mand of the scene?

• When will the bomb squad re- • What role will ATF have in the
linquish command of the scene? prevention of bomb threats?

• What role will the bomb squad Local Emergency Manage-
have in the prevention of bomb ment Office
threats? • When will local emergency
management be involved?
EMS
• When should EMS be called? • What role will local emergency
management take?
• When will EMS respond?
• What resources does local
• Who will be sent? emergency management have?

• What is the role of EMS at the • How will local emergency man-

scene? agement respond when called?

ATF A bomb threat response plan
• Under what circumstances should fall within the school’s, the
should ATF be involved? town’s and county’s overall crisis
plans. It will avoid making seri-
• Who makes the request for ous mistakes and ensure that the
ATF? response is systematic and
avoids panic. The school will
• Who will be sent by ATF? need to form a response team
whose function will be to formu-
• What is the role of ATF at the late the response plan, and,
scene? should an incident occur, play
designated roles specified in the
• What information, materials and plan.
participation will ATF require from
school administrators?

• Will ATF participate in searches
and if so, when and how?