Communities Against Terrorism

What Should I Consider Suspicious?

Behavior Indicators

• Significantly altered appearance (shaving beard, hair color, style of dress)
• Burns on hands or body, chemical bleaching of skin or hair
• Nervous or secretive behavior, sweating, avoids eye contact with Police/Security
• Appears to be monitoring access points, use of cell-phone cameras
• Body language consistent with “photo panning” of an area with a hidden camera
• Avoidance of security cameras, security camera sabotage
• Seeks opportunities to work alone and/or unsupervised shifts
• Presence of unauthorized visitors
• Threatening comments and threats of violence against the US or individuals
• Access badge sharing and “piggy backing” at security gates and doors
• Criminal activity and arrests

Job Specific Indicators

On-Aircraft Providers

(Examples: Baggage, Cleaners, Cargo, Catering, Security, Mechanics)

On-Ramp Providers

(Examples: Ground Crew, Mechanics, Waste Removers, Deicing, Fueling)

• Access abuse or found outside of duty areas especially within aircraft
• Overly willing to run sensitive routes and pick-ups
• Employee arriving or leaving with unusual items or luggage
• Cargo theft and other criminal activity

In-Terminal Providers

(Examples: Food Service, Vendors, Cleaners, Security, Maintenance)

• Seeks additional access or encountered outside of duty areas
• Theft of official vehicles, uniforms, identification, and access cards
• Unusual inquiries about sterile side security procedures

Outside-Terminal Providers

(Examples: Taxi, Limo, Shuttle, Rental Car, FBOs, Ground Cargo)

• Overly willing to run sensitive routes and pick-ups
• Seeks additional access or encountered outside of duty areas
• Parking for extended time or in restricted area to observe security responses
• Surveillance of persons or vehicles passing thru secured areas, unusual deliveries

Note: Just because someone’s speech, actions, beliefs, appearance, or customs are different does not mean that he or she is suspicious.

What Should I Do?

Be Part of the Solution

• Require valid ID from all employees, customers and visitors.
• Maintain employment and dismissal records. Report all dismissals and separations to credential office promptly.
• Talk to customers, ask questions, and listen to and observe their responses.
• Watch for people and actions that are out of place.
• Make note of suspicious statements, people, and/or vehicles.
• If something seems wrong, notify law enforcement authorities.
• Do not jeopardize your safety or the safety of others.

Learn What to Look For
You can make a difference in the fight against terrorism.

The partnership between the community and law enforcement is essential to the success of anti-terrorism efforts. Some of the activities, taken individually, could be innocent and must be examined by law enforcement professionals in a larger context to determine whether there is a basis to investigate. The activities outlined on this handout are by no means all-inclusive but have been compiled from a review of terrorist events over several years.

Osceola County Sheriff’s Office
407-348-2222

What Should I Consider Suspicious?

Behavior Indicators

• Removal or altering of survey stakes on a construction site.
• Anyone inquiring about security at a construction area.
• Surveillance of the site by unknown individuals.
• Environmental and/or antigovernment slogans, banners, or signs at the site or in the nearby area that threaten or imply violence.
• Group identifiers or warning signs left on the site.
• People entering a construction site after work hours.
• Warnings or threats sent to construction companies.
• Unscheduled deliveries of materials/equipment.
• Items found on-site that do not belong or are not a part of the site materials.
• Vandalism at similar sites.
• Thefts of hazardous materials.
• Evidence of intentional damage to cables, gas lines, and power lines.
• Vandalism at the site, including window breakage, slashed tires, spray-painting, sand/sugar in fuel tanks, cutting of fuel and brake lines, and/or glued locks.
• Arson at buildings under construction, work sheds, or any kind of equipment, including trucks, bulldozers, and cranes.
  Following a crime on-site, the discovery of discarded clothing, shoes/boots, tools, or spray-paint cans along roads and paths near the site.

Note: It is important to remember that just because someone’s speech, actions, beliefs, appearance, or way of life is different, it does not mean that he or she is suspicious.

What Should I Do?

Maintain Your Construction Sites

• Secure potentially dangerous or hazardous products.
• Clean the site regularly.
• Watch for people and actions that are out of place.
• Know what material and equipment should be on-site.
• Know what subcontractors and workers should be on-site.
• Do not leave the site unattended for long periods.
• Require all subcontractors to be licensed and insured.

If something seems wrong, notify law enforcement authorities. Do not jeopardize your safety or the safety of others.

Preventing terrorism is a community effort. By learning what to look for, you can make a positive contribution in the fight against terrorism.

The partnership between the community and law enforcement is essential to the success of anti-terrorism efforts. Some of the activities, taken individually, could be innocent and must be examined by law enforcement professionals in a larger context to determine whether there is a basis to investigate. The activities outlined on this handout are by no means all-inclusive but have been compiled from a review of terrorist events over several years.

Osceola County Sheriff’s Office
407-348-2222

What Should I Consider Suspicious?

Suspicious People

• New customer who is reluctant to provide complete personal information.
• Customer who has not taken a safety course or does not have a certification card.
• Small groups of individuals asking for scuba certification lessons “quickly”.
• An inexperienced diver trying to dive alone.

Suspicious Activities

• • Using cash for expensive transactions or a credit card in someone else’s name.
  • Renting watercraft for an extended period.
  • Purchasing more than one motorized underwater propelling device.
  • Exhibiting unusual behavior regarding dive tanks.
  • Wanting to dive in locations not normally associated with diving.
  • Claiming to be an experienced boater/diver but
    • Exhibiting unfamiliarity with common terminology.
    • Requiring instruction on operating watercraft and/or diving equipment.
    • Unable to support the claim with a diving logbook.
  • During training
    • Appearing uninterested in safety rules or sacrificing safety to complete training faster.
    • Displaying aggressive desire to get to a specific location or to the next stage of the class.
    • Trying to redirect basic lessons towards a specific or an advanced topic.
    • Asking about technical or specialty training (e.g., enclosed spaces, night diving, underwater navigation, underwater welding, mixed gas diving) without being able to explain their objective.
  • Possessing
    • Containers unrelated to normal water sports activities.
    • Maps designating structures unrelated to water sports activities.
    • Forged or altered identification.
  • Acting secretive or exhibiting guarded behavior (discouraging communication and/or observation of activities).
  • Inquiring about
    • Local dams or companies along waterways.
    • “Rebreathing” equipment or certification to utilize rebreathing equipment (very costly) for extremely deep dives or extended dive times.

Note: It is important to remember that just because someone’s speech, actions, beliefs, appearance, or way of life is different, it does not mean that he or she is suspicious.

What Should I Do?

Be Part of the Solution

• • • Require valid ID from all new customers.
    • Keep records of purchases.
    • Talk to customers, ask questions, and listen to and observe their responses.
    • Watch for people and actions that are out of place.
    • Make note of suspicious statements, people, and/or vehicles.
    • If something seems wrong, notify law enforcement authorities.

Do not jeopardize your safety or the safety of others.

Preventing terrorism is a community effort. By learning what to look for, you can make a positive contribution in the fight against terrorism. The partnership between the community and law enforcement is essential to the success of anti-terrorism efforts.

Some of the activities, taken individually, could be innocent and must be examined by law enforcement professionals in a larger context to determine whether there is a basis to investigate. The activities outlined on this handout are by no means all-inclusive but have been compiled from a review of terrorist events over several years.

Osceola County Sheriff’s Office
407-348-2222

What Should I Consider Suspicious?

People Who:

• Significantly alters appearance from visit to visit (shaving beard, changing hair color, style of dress, etc)
• Missing hand/fingers, chemical burns, strange odors or bright colored stains on clothing
• Fills a “shopping list” of components lacking knowledge about specifications and uses
• Purchases quantities of prepaid or disposable cell phones
• Insists prepaid phones not be activated or programmed upon purchase
• Pays cash for large purchases; uses credit card(s) in different name(s), uses suspicious identification
• Travels illogical distance to purchase items or asks where similar stores are located

Purchasers Showing Unusual Interest Through Questions Related To:

• Radio frequencies (used/not used) by law enforcement
• Voice or data encryption, VOIP, satellite phones, voice privacy
• Use of anonymizers, portals, or other means to shield IP address
• Swapping SIM cards in cell phones or how phone location can be tracked
• Rewiring cell phone’s ringer or backlight
• Products/components related to military-style equipment
• Unusual comments regarding radical theology, vague/cryptic warnings, or anti-U.S. sentiments that appear to be out-of-place and provocative

Purchases Including Unusual Combinations Of:

• Electronic Timer or Timing Devices
• 2-way Radios
• GPS
• Digital Voice Changers
• Infra-Red Devices
• Police Scanners
• Phone or “bug” detection devices
• Batteries
• Switches
• Wire and Soldering Tools
• Night Vision
• Flashlight Bulbs

Note: It is important to remember that just because someone’s speech, actions, beliefs, appearance, or way of life is different, it does not mean that he or she is suspicious.

What Should I Do?

Be Part of the Solution

• Require valid ID from all new customers.
• Keep records of purchases.
• Talk to customers, ask questions, and listen to and observe their responses.
• Watch for people and actions that are out of place.
• Make note of suspicious statements, people, and/or vehicles.
• If something seems wrong, notify law enforcement authorities.

Do not jeopardize your safety or the safety of others.

Preventing terrorism is a community effort. By learning what to look for, you can make a positive contribution in the fight against terrorism. The partnership between the community and law enforcement is essential to the success of anti-terrorism efforts.

Some of the activities, taken individually, could be innocent and must be examined by law enforcement professionals in a larger context to determine whether there is a basis to investigate. The activities outlined on this handout are by no means all-inclusive but have been compiled from a review of terrorist events over several years.

Osceola County Sheriff’s Office
407-348-2222

What Should I Consider Suspicious?

• New customer who is not from local area.
• Refusing to provide address where fertilizer will be used or delivered.
• Acting nervous or impatient.
• Possessing little knowledge of crops, soil composition, field size, application methods, or fertilizers.
• Purchasing large quantity of pesticides, combustibles, or fertilizers containing ammonium nitrate out of season or with cash.
• Appearing to be interested only in ammonium nitrate; displaying no interest in alternative fertilizers or fertilizer combinations.
• Seeking chemicals with weight in excess of fertilizer distributor capacity.
• Making suspicious inquiries regarding equipment (e.g., tank size, spray range).
• Asking about acquiring vehicles equipped for spraying or hauling (e.g., crop dusters, crop sprayers, fuel tankers).
• Failing to state legitimate agricultural use for product.
• Storing agricultural supplies in unusual containers.
• Using a rental vehicle or a vehicle with an out-of-state or temporary license plate to transport items such as fertilizers containing ammonium nitrate (particularly 34-0-0) or other combustible materials in large proportions.
• Using cash for large transactions or a credit card in someone else’s name.

Note: It is important to remember that just because someone’s speech, actions, beliefs, appearance, or way of life is different, it does not mean that he or she is suspicious.

What Should I Do?

Be Part of the Solution

• Require valid ID from all new customers.
• Keep records of purchases.
• Talk to customers, ask questions, and listen to and observe their responses.
• Watch for people and actions that are out of place.
• Make note of suspicious statements, people, and/or vehicles.
• If something seems wrong, notify law enforcement authorities.

Do not jeopardize your safety or the safety of others.

Preventing terrorism is a community effort. By learning what to look for, you can make a positive contribution in the fight against terrorism. The partnership between the community and law enforcement is essential to the success of anti-terrorism efforts.

Some of the activities, taken individually, could be innocent and must be examined by law enforcement professionals in a larger context to determine whether there is a basis to investigate. The activities outlined on this handout are by no means all-inclusive but have been compiled from a review of terrorist events over several years.

Osceola County Sheriff’s Office
407-348-2222

What Should I Consider Suspicious?

Behavior Indicators

• Demonstrating unusual interest in remote-controlled aircraft.
• Demonstrating interest that does not seem genuine.
• Inquiring about remote controls and model aircraft payload capacity and maximum range.
• Inquiring about learning to fly expensive giant-scale aircraft without first learning to fly small-scale aircraft.
• Possessing little knowledge of activity for which the purchase is intended.
• Exhibiting unusual interest or specific interest in rocket motors or igniters.
• Demonstrating no interest or enthusiasm for the hobby or sport.
• Shoplifting or purchasing:
  • Large quantity of model aircraft fuel.
  • Several large aircraft, engines, or transmitters.
  • Model rocket motor igniters without adequate knowledge.
  • Large quantity of paintball equipment and supplies with very little information about local paintball activities.
• Using cash for large transactions or a credit card in someone else’s name.

Note: It is important to remember that just because someone’s speech, actions, beliefs, appearance, or way of life is different, it does not mean that he or she is suspicious.

What Should I Do?

Be Part of the Solution

• Require valid ID from all new customers.
• Keep records of purchases.
• Talk to customers, ask questions, and listen to and observe their responses.
• Watch for people and actions that are out of place.
• Make note of suspicious statements, people, and/or vehicles.
• If something seems wrong, notify law enforcement authorities.

Do not jeopardize your safety or the safety of others.

Preventing terrorism is a community effort. By learning what to look for, you can make a positive contribution in the fight against terrorism. The partnership between the community and law enforcement is essential to the success of anti-terrorism efforts.

Some of the activities, taken individually, could be innocent and must be examined by law enforcement professionals in a larger context to determine whether there is a basis to investigate. The activities outlined on this handout are by no means all-inclusive but have been compiled from a review of terrorist events over several years.

Osceola County Sheriff’s Office
407-348-2222

What Should I Consider Suspicious?

People Who:

• Are overly concerned about privacy, attempts to shield the screen from view of others
• Always pay cash or use credit card(s) in different name(s)
• Apparently use tradecraft: lookout, blocker or someone to distract employees
• Act nervous or suspicious behavior inconsistent with activities
• Are observed switching SIM cards in cell phone or use of multiple cell phones
• Travel illogical distance to use Internet Café

Activities on Computer Indicate:

• Evidence of a residential based internet provider (signs on to Comcast, AOL, etc.)
• Use of anonymizers, portals, or other means to shield IP address
• Suspicious or coded writings, use of code word sheets, cryptic ledgers, etc.
• Encryption or use of software to hide encrypted data in digital photos, etc.
• Suspicious communications using VOIP or communicating through a PC game

Use Computers To:

• Download content of extreme/radical nature with violent themes
• Gather information about vulnerable infrastructure or obtain photos, maps or diagrams of transportation, sporting venues, or populated locations
• Purchase chemicals, acids, hydrogen peroxide, acetone, fertilizer, etc.
• Download or transfer files with “how-to” content such as:
  • Content of extreme/radical nature with violent themes
  • Anarchist Cookbook, explosives or weapons information
  • Military tactics, equipment manuals, chemical or biological information
  • Terrorist/revolutionary literature
  • Preoccupation with press coverage of terrorist attacks
  • Defensive tactics, police or government information
  • Information about timers, electronics, or remote transmitters / receivers

Note: It is important to remember that just because someone’s speech, actions, beliefs, appearance, or way of life is different, it does not mean that he or she is suspicious.

What Should I Do?

Be Part of the Solution

• Require valid ID from all new customers.
• Keep records of purchases.
• Talk to customers, ask questions, and listen to and observe their responses.
• Watch for people and actions that are out of place.
• Make note of suspicious statements, people, and/or vehicles.
• If something seems wrong, notify law enforcement authorities.

Do not jeopardize your safety or the safety of others.

Preventing terrorism is a community effort. By learning what to look for, you can make a positive contribution in the fight against terrorism. The partnership between the community and law enforcement is essential to the success of anti-terrorism efforts.

Some of the activities, taken individually, could be innocent and must be examined by law enforcement professionals in a larger context to determine whether there is a basis to investigate. The activities outlined on this handout are by no means all-inclusive but have been compiled from a review of terrorist events over several years.

Osceola County Sheriff’s Office
407-348-2222

What Should I Consider Suspicious?

Related to Individual Appearance, General Behavior, and Communications:

• Alters appearance from visit to visit (beard shaved off, hair color changed, etc.)
• Insists on paying with cash or uses credit card(s) in different name(s)
• Identification provided is inconsistent or suspect or demands identity “privacy”
• Customer travels illogical distance to participate, or location is illogical for group
• Nervous/suspicious behavior or evasive about group’s purpose (ask other patrons about group)
• Interest in learning offensive moves in a confined space
• Interest in learning the use of hidden weapons
• Interest in learning kill and restraint techniques with no occupational need
• Individuals who together are interested in learning group tactics
• Participants making racist or extreme religious statements
• Unusual comments made regarding anti-US, radical theology, vague or cryptic warnings

Related to Group Activities, Training Activities, and Training Location:

• Incorporating close combat or hand-to-hand fighting into training
• Designing a paintball field to mimic security checkpoints (such as schools, theaters, airports, malls)/li>
• Using diagrams to create obstacles (may resemble building or airport security, etc.)/li>
• Creating scenarios that incorporate law enforcement/li>
• Practicing kidnapping or ambush scenarios; may simulate use of RPG or explosives/li>
• Referring to military/jihad training manuals or clearly submitting to a leader in the group/li>
• Operating a private facility that’s not available or advertised to the public/li>
• Converting large plots of rural land to paintball fields or military style training camps/li>

Note: It is important to remember that just because someone’s speech, actions, beliefs, appearance, or way of life is different, it does not mean that he or she is suspicious.

What Should I Do?

Be Part of the Solution

• Require valid ID from all new customers.
• Keep records of purchases.
• Talk to customers, ask questions, and listen to and observe their responses.
• Watch for people and actions that are out of place.
• Make note of suspicious statements, people, and/or vehicles.
• If something seems wrong, notify law enforcement authorities.

Do not jeopardize your safety or the safety of others.

Preventing terrorism is a community effort. By learning what to look for, you can make a positive contribution in the fight against terrorism. The partnership between the community and law enforcement is essential to the success of anti-terrorism efforts.

Some of the activities, taken individually, could be innocent and must be examined by law enforcement professionals in a larger context to determine whether there is a basis to investigate. The activities outlined on this handout are by no means all-inclusive but have been compiled from a review of terrorist events over several years.

Osceola County Sheriff’s Office
407-348-2222

What Should I Consider Suspicious?

• Reluctance to provide complete personal information when completing rental paperwork.
• Using cash for large transactions or a personal credit card in someone else’s name.
• Providing multiple names on rental paperwork.
• Inability to recall the name used to rent a vehicle.
• Individuals surveilling the facility.
• Returned vehicles that contain
  • Unusual burn marks or odors.
  • Blueprints, photographs, or video of buildings and landmarks.
  • Extremist training manuals or literature.
  • Surveillance equipment.
  • Receipts for hazardous items.
  • Weapons.
  • Explosives.
  • Maps with sensitive locations marked.
• Efforts to quickly collect deposits for vehicles reported as stolen.
• Unusual questions regarding ? A limousine’s or other vehicle’s dimensions, fuel capacity, or interior volume. ? Local sites, including government, military, law enforcement, communications, and power facilities.
• Reports of abandoned rental vehicles, particularly those near
  • Military bases
  • Government buildings
  • Power plants
  • Shopping malls
  • Stadiums
  • Schools

Note: It is important to remember that just because someone’s speech, actions, beliefs, appearance, or way of life is different, it does not mean that he or she is suspicious.

What Should I Do?

Be Part of the Solution

• Require valid ID from all new customers.
• Keep records of purchases.
• Talk to customers, ask questions, and listen to and observe their responses.
• Watch for people and actions that are out of place.
• Make note of suspicious statements, people, and/or vehicles.
• If something seems wrong, notify law enforcement authorities.

Do not jeopardize your safety or the safety of others.

Preventing terrorism is a community effort. By learning what to look for, you can make a positive contribution in the fight against terrorism. The partnership between the community and law enforcement is essential to the success of anti-terrorism efforts.

Some of the activities, taken individually, could be innocent and must be examined by law enforcement professionals in a larger context to determine whether there is a basis to investigate. The activities outlined on this handout are by no means all-inclusive but have been compiled from a review of terrorist events over several years.

Osceola County Sheriff’s Office
407-348-2222

What Should I Consider Suspicious?

• Renters who:
  • Use cash for large transactions or a credit card in someone else’s name.
  • Make unusual inquiries about local sites, including government, military, law enforcement, communications, and power facilities.
  • Refuse maintenance or service over an extended time.
  • Use entrances and exits that avoid the lobby.
  • Abandon a property.
  • Do not appear to be using a property for its intended purpose.
  • Receive an unusual number of package deliveries.
• Reports of:
  • Burn marks or discoloration on walls or doors.
  • Unusual odors or liquids seeping from a property.
  • Unusual amounts of traffic.
  • Parked vehicles in isolated areas.
• Unknown persons asking for directions to sensitive areas on a property, including utility and security rooms.
• Properties that contain furniture or surveillance equipment that is inconsistent with the intended use.
• Discovery of unusual items at a property or dumpsters:
  • Fertilizer or agricultural products.
  • Chemicals or chemical containers.
  • Fuel or fuel containers.
  • Weapons, ammunition, and explosives.
  • Extremist training manuals or literature.
• Unusual requests for schematics or blueprints of a property.
• Locks being replaced without permission.
• Modifications to a property that are designed to conceal storage areas.

Note: It is important to remember that just because someone’s speech, actions, beliefs, appearance, or way of life is different, it does not mean that he or she is suspicious.

What Should I Do?

Be Part of the Solution

• Require valid ID from all new customers.
• Keep records of purchases.
• Talk to customers, ask questions, and listen to and observe their responses.
• Watch for people and actions that are out of place.
• Make note of suspicious statements, people, and/or vehicles.
• If something seems wrong, notify law enforcement authorities.

Do not jeopardize your safety or the safety of others.

Preventing terrorism is a community effort. By learning what to look for, you can make a positive contribution in the fight against terrorism. The partnership between the community and law enforcement is essential to the success of anti-terrorism efforts.

Some of the activities, taken individually, could be innocent and must be examined by law enforcement professionals in a larger context to determine whether there is a basis to investigate. The activities outlined on this handout are by no means all-inclusive but have been compiled from a review of terrorist events over several years.

Osceola County Sheriff’s Office
407-348-2222

What Should I Consider Suspicious?

• Reluctance to provide complete personal information when completing rental paperwork.
• Providing multiple names on rental paperwork.
• Inability to recall the name used to rent a vehicle.
• Using cash for large transactions or a personal credit card in someone else’s name.
• Returned vehicles that contain:
  • Unusual burn marks or odors.
  • Fertilizer or chemical residue.
  • Blueprints, photographs, or video of buildings and landmarks.
  • Extremist training manuals or literature.
  • Surveillance equipment.
  • Receipts for hazardous items.
  • Weapons and explosives.
  • Maps with sensitive locations marked.
• Inquiries about renting a truck with a wooden floor.
• Unusual questions regarding:
  • A vehicle’s dimensions, fuel capacity, or interior volume.
  • Local sites, including government, military, law enforcement, communications, and power facilities.
• Efforts to quickly collect deposits for vehicles reported as stolen.
• Reports of abandoned rental vehicles, particularly those near:
  • Military bases
  • Government buildings
  • Power plants
  • Shopping malls
  • Stadiums
  • Schools.
• Individuals surveilling the facility.
• Stolen or vehicles that are not returned timely

Note: It is important to remember that just because someone’s speech, actions, beliefs, appearance, or way of life is different, it does not mean that he or she is suspicious.

What Should I Do?

Be Part of the Solution

• Require valid ID from all new customers.
• Keep records of purchases.
• Talk to customers, ask questions, and listen to and observe their responses.
• Watch for people and actions that are out of place.
• Make note of suspicious statements, people, and/or vehicles.
• If something seems wrong, notify law enforcement authorities.

Do not jeopardize your safety or the safety of others.

Preventing terrorism is a community effort. By learning what to look for, you can make a positive contribution in the fight against terrorism. The partnership between the community and law enforcement is essential to the success of anti-terrorism efforts.

Some of the activities, taken individually, could be innocent and must be examined by law enforcement professionals in a larger context to determine whether there is a basis to investigate. The activities outlined on this handout are by no means all-inclusive but have been compiled from a review of terrorist events over several years.

Osceola County Sheriff’s Office
407-348-2222

What Should I Consider Suspicious?

• Failing to provide complete personal information when completing rental paperwork.
• Using cash to pay rental fees in advance.
• Failing to pay rent for a storage unit in a timely manner.
• Using a credit card in someone else’s name.
• Inquiring about security and surveillance equipment utilized at the storage facility.
• Placing unusual items in storage units or facility dumpsters:
  • Fertilizer or agricultural products.
  • Chemicals or chemical containers.
  • Fuel or fuel containers.
  • Weapons and ammunition.
  • Explosives.
• Disposing of tools or protective gloves, masks, or clothing.
• Discarding clothing or shoes in new condition.
• Entering and leaving storage facility at unusual times.
• Avoiding contact with rental facility personnel.
• Accessing the facility an unusual number of times.
• Requesting deliveries of chemicals and other items made directly to a storage unit.
• Leaving burn marks or discoloration on the walls or door of a storage unit.
• Storing items that emit unusual odors or leak liquids.

Note: It is important to remember that just because someone’s speech, actions, beliefs, appearance, or way of life is different, it does not mean that he or she is suspicious.

What Should I Do?

Be Part of the Solution

• Require valid ID from all new customers.
• Keep records of purchases.
• Talk to customers, ask questions, and listen to and observe their responses.
• Watch for people and actions that are out of place.
• Make note of suspicious statements, people, and/or vehicles.
• If something seems wrong, notify law enforcement authorities.

Do not jeopardize your safety or the safety of others.

Preventing terrorism is a community effort. By learning what to look for, you can make a positive contribution in the fight against terrorism. The partnership between the community and law enforcement is essential to the success of anti-terrorism efforts.

Some of the activities, taken individually, could be innocent and must be examined by law enforcement professionals in a larger context to determine whether there is a basis to investigate. The activities outlined on this handout are by no means all-inclusive but have been compiled from a review of terrorist events over several years.

Osceola County Sheriff’s Office
407-348-2222

What Should I Consider Suspicious?

It is important to remember the application of body art, including symbols commonly associated with extremist ideology, may be an exercise of the right of free speech or expression. Therefore the sole act of seeking a specific tattoo or unusual placement of tattoos should not in and of itself be considered suspicious or reported. Rather it is a combination of suspicious behavior and or requests, as assessed by the shop owner based on professional experience that should lead to possible reporting of the activity.

People Who:

• Provide identification that is inconsistent or suspect or demands identity “privacy”
• Insist on paying with cash or uses credit card(s) in different name(s)
• Significantly alters appearance from visit to visit (shaving beard, changing hair color, style of dress, etc)
• Have missing hand/fingers, chemical burns, strange odors or bright colored stains on clothing
• Make racist or extreme religious statements coupled with comments that are violent or appear to condone violence
• Make suspicious comments regarding anti-US, radical theology, vague or cryptic warnings that suggest or appear to endorse the use of violence in support of a cause

People or Groups Who:

• Make repeated returns with multiple individuals requesting identical tattoos
• Request a tattoo and state intent is to target specific group or individual
• Inquire about unusual methods of tattooing or placement of tattoos which could allow the concealment of extremist symbols

Note: It is important to remember that just because someone’s speech, actions, beliefs, appearance, or way of life is different, it does not mean that he or she is suspicious.

What Should I Do?

Be Part of the Solution

• Require valid ID from all new customers.
• Keep records of purchases.
• Talk to customers, ask questions, and listen to and observe their responses.
• Watch for people and actions that are out of place.
• Make note of suspicious statements, people, and/or vehicles.
• If something seems wrong, notify law enforcement authorities.

Do not jeopardize your safety or the safety of others.

Preventing terrorism is a community effort. By learning what to look for, you can make a positive contribution in the fight against terrorism. The partnership between the community and law enforcement is essential to the success of anti-terrorism efforts.

Some of the activities, taken individually, could be innocent and must be examined by law enforcement professionals in a larger context to determine whether there is a basis to investigate. The activities outlined on this handout are by no means all-inclusive but have been compiled from a review of terrorist events over several years.

Osceola County Sheriff’s Office
407-348-2222

What Should I Consider Suspicious?

Behavior Indicators

• Associate or relative of a known terrorist or extremist organization
• Seeks to pay cash for flight simulator sessions
• Threatening comments and threats of violence against the US or individuals
• Criminal activity and arrests
• Aviation knowledge inconsistent with alleged/reported flight experience
• No pilot’s license
• Requests for specific or specialty simulator routes or instructions that are inconsistent with commercial flight (e.g., flying low altitude, disabling transponders in-flight, disabling cockpit door lockout procedures)
• Wears a crew member uniform or possesses employee credentials for an airline not listed on their resume
• Wears a crew member uniform of an airline without corroborating credentials
• Unfamiliarity with aviation terms or flight controls
• Students emphasizing accelerated completion of training
• Not affiliated with an airline, flight school, or known flight instructor
• Flight hours and/or resume inconsistencies
• Minimal flight experience in any type of aircraft
• Minimal experience in similar flight simulator
• Threats, coercion, or attempts to bribe trainers for certifications
• Seeks flight simulator sessions to deal with fear of flying or similar phobias
• Significantly altered appearance (shaving beard, hair color, style of dress)
• Burns on hands or body, chemical bleaching of skin or hair
• Nervous or secretive behavior, sweating, avoids eye contact
• Unemployed with little or no financial support
• Training sponsored by groups or agencies not normally associated with flying

Note: It is important to remember that just because someone’s speech, actions, beliefs, appearance, or way of life is different, it does not mean that he or she is suspicious.

What Should I Do?

Be Part of the Solution

• Require valid ID from all new customers.
• Keep records of purchases.
• Talk to customers, ask questions, and listen to and observe their responses.
• Watch for people and actions that are out of place.
• Make note of suspicious statements, people, and/or vehicles.
• If something seems wrong, notify law enforcement authorities.

Do not jeopardize your safety or the safety of others.

Preventing terrorism is a community effort. By learning what to look for, you can make a positive contribution in the fight against terrorism. The partnership between the community and law enforcement is essential to the success of anti-terrorism efforts.

Some of the activities, taken individually, could be innocent and must be examined by law enforcement professionals in a larger context to determine whether there is a basis to investigate. The activities outlined on this handout are by no means all-inclusive but have been compiled from a review of terrorist events over several years.

Osceola County Sheriff’s Office
407-348-2222