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Welcome to the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security
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Kentucky Office of Homeland Security Overview |
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The Kentucky Office of Homeland Security carries out multiple missions mandated by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security as well as the Kentucky General Assembly. For example:
Community safety and security -- first responder training; seminars about personal safety; Neighborhood Watch support; management of Eye on Kentucky; assistance to Citizen Emergency Response Teams; and guidance against violence for business and industry.
Administrative oversight of the Kentucky Intelligence Fusion Center -- primarily ensuring multi-agency collaboration ranging from KOHS and Kentucky State Police intelligence analysts with GIS capabilities to the Missing and Exploited Child Center to providing secure work areas for various federal, state and local law-enforcement agencies as needed. Additionally, the fusion center is a 24/7 Kentucky Transportation Cabinet resource for major highway monitoring plus coordination of circumstances regarding acts of nature affecting traffic flow and safety.
Federal-grant administration -- aiding cities, counties and state agencies in acquiring interoperable communications equipment, victim rescue gear, DHS-approved fire department and EMS equipment and devices essential in helping thwart attacks on infrastructure vital to the security and economic stability of Kentucky and the United States.
Counterterrorism -- threat and vulnerability assessments; suspicious activity intelligence gathering and analysis; classified information sharing with law-enforcement sources; awareness of anarchist and other groups engaged in unlawful practices; and preventive or mitigative guidance to both the public and private sectors against potential attacks. The key is foreseeability rather than reaction.
The Kentucky e-Warrant program -- innovative technology facilitating and expediting law enforcement's issuances of warrants. The system is accessed via a basic Internet connection in an office, police vehicle, or even a smart-phone device.
Managing the Law Enforcement Protection Program -- providing needed funds for body armor, primary firearms and electronic-control weapons for local police and sheriff's departments. Money source: Confiscated illegal weapon auctions by KSP only to licensed federal weapons dealers.
Kentucky’s Critical Infrastructure Protection Program ---KOHS by and through the Kentucky Intelligence Fusion Center, identifies, analyzes and implements protective initiatives for the Commonwealth's 16 critical infrastructure and key resource sectors. KOHS prepares assessments on critical assets and monitors intelligence in order to share information that may impact the Commonwealth’s key businesses and resources.
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Grant Application Workshops Scheduled |
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The Kentucky Office of Homeland Security has scheduled five workshops to assist agencies in preparing applications for State Homeland Security Program grants.
Due to revised SHSP application issues, KOHS is requiring attendance at one of the workshops for those local government units who intend to make application for FFY 2013 funds.
Applications from city, county or special districts that do not have at least a representative at one of the workshops will not be accepted. This is not to imply that the application process has become more complicated, but with the current funding levels received by the Commonwealth, it is important to be aware of the information provided at these workshops.
There is no registration for these workshops (all times local):
Transportation Cabinet Building
Address: 200 Mero St.
Frankfort 40622
Date: June 24
Time: 1-3 p.m.
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National Preparedness Center
at Wendell H. Ford Regional Training Center
Address: 4678 State Route 181 North
Greenville 42345
Date: June 25
Times: 10 a.m.-noon and 1-3 p.m.
(The NPC is directly across the road from the Wendell H. Ford Regional Training Center.)
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London Fire Department
Address: 911 Fire/Rescue Drive
London 40741
Date: June 26
Times: 10 a.m.-noon and 1-3 p.m.
All applications must be in our office, or postmarked, by 4:30 p.m. on Friday, July 26.
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Homeland Security Information Network |
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The Homeland Security Information Network was created to interface with existing information-sharing networks to support the diverse Communities of Interest engaged in preventing, protecting from, responding to, and recovering from all threats, hazards, and incidents under the jurisdiction of the Department of Homeland Security.
HSIN is uniquely qualifed to meet the missions of DHS and its information-sharing partners because of its ability to support and enhance collaboration among COIs that represent all levels of government including federal, state and local offices.
For more information, visit www.dhs.gov/HSIN.
Interested parties can contact KOHS intelligence analyst Lindsey Hix about becoming a member of the HSIN law-enforcement community. She can be reached at lindsey.hix@ky.gov.
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