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Veteran FBI Agent Thomas Sobocinski has spent more than 20 years working on domestic terrorism, so when suspected white supremacists were caught allegedly plotting to attack multiple Baltimore-area energy substations in an attempt to wreak havoc on the city earlier this year, it could be considered kismet he had taken over as Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Baltimore Field Office covering Maryland and Delaware.

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A trailblazing NYPD officer and first-generation Yemeni-American has taken over as Commanding Officer of the Deputy Commissioner’s Office of Equity and Inclusion (OEI). CHDS alum Jamiel Altaheri started his new position in April 2023.

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U.S. Secret Service Chatanooga, TN, Resident Agent in Charge Juan Alicea was in the midst of his CHDS Master’s Program studies when Hurricane Maria slammed into his native Puerto Rico in September 2017. The devastation and stagnant power grid recovery prompted him to focus his CHDS master's thesis on the need to prioritize improving the island’s power grid’s resiliency as a matter of national security.

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Two Center for Homeland Defense and Security Master’s Program alums are playing key roles in the ongoing development and growth of FirstNet, the nation’s only interoperable communications network dedicated to public safety.

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