Useful Links
STOP THE BLEED® is a national campaign to encourage bystanders to become trained, equipped, and empowered to help in a bleeding emergency before professional help arrives. It is a public/private partnership led by the Department of Defense and many other stakeholders. Visit the STOP THE BLEED website for more information.
Blue Campaign is a national public awareness campaign designed to educate the public, law enforcement, and other industry partners to recognize the indicators of human trafficking, and how to appropriately respond to possible cases. Blue Campaign works closely with Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Components to create general awareness training and materials for law enforcement and others to increase detection of human trafficking, and to identify victims. Visit the Blue Campaign website for more information.
Wyatt's Story: Wyatt passed away at age 23 after taking a pill he thought was Xanax. The pill was actually laced with the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl. To learn more about Wyatt and his story, watch this powerful video told from his mother's point of view.
The Texas School Safety Center (TxSSC) is an official university-level research center at Texas State University. The TxSSC is tasked in Chapter 37 of the Texas Education Code and the Governor’s Homeland Security Strategic Plan with key school safety initiatives and mandates. Specifically, the TxSSC serves as a clearinghouse for the dissemination of safety and security information through research, training, and technical assistance for K-12 schools and junior colleges throughout the state of Texas. In addition, the TxSSC also builds partnerships among youth, adults, schools, law enforcement officers, and community stakeholders to reduce the impact of tobacco on all Texans through prevention, training and enforcement initiatives. Visit the Texas State Texas School Safety Center website to learn more.
The Drug Enforcement Administration is the only federal agency with a single mission dedicated to drug law enforcement. With unique operational and intelligence capabilities, DEA staff identify, investigate, disrupt, and dismantle major drug trafficking organizations; remove drugs and violent criminals from communities; and fight the diversion of illegal drugs. For more information, visit www.dea.gov.
Special agents are a select group of men and women from diverse backgrounds who enforce the controlled substance laws by conducting complex criminal investigations, working undercover, carrying out financial investigations, arresting violators, confiscating illegal drugs, and more. Some combine this work with providing drug use prevention education to youth in their community. To learn more about this DEA resource visit the website.