TAK is a cloud-native server application that facilitates exchange of situational awareness data.

DHS S&T works closely with the nation’s emergency response community to identify and prioritize mission capability gaps and to facilitate the rapid development of critical solutions to address responders’ everyday technology needs. These technology prototypes are operationally field tested by S&T’s National Urban Security Technology Laboratory (NUSTL).

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) collaborated with Mobility 4 Public Safety, the Los Angeles region and the Houston/Harris County region to create the Mobility Acceleration Coalition (MAC).

The Best Practices for Detection Canine Training & Testing booklet is provided to share science-backed concepts and ideas that are proven to improve the quality and rigor of detection canine training and testing.

The President’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Budget Request strengthens the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) prevention and protection missions.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Strategy to Combat Human Trafficking, the Importation of Goods Produced with Forced Labor, and Child Sexual Exploitation articulates the Department’s long-term approach for combating these crimes and serves as a framework to prioritize resources and monitor progress. Additionally, this strategy supports the President’s Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, a Cabinet-level entity that coordinates federal efforts to combat human trafficking.

In the aftermath of recent violent assaults against DHS, including an attack on the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office in San Antonio, Texas, Acting DHS Secretary Kevin K. McAleenan writes to ICE personnel and all of the DHS law enforcement community to make clear that while peaceful protest is a constitutionally protected, time-honored American tradition, violence will not be tolerated.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate’s (S&T) Detection Canine Program is exploring the potential role of detection canine teams in developing a more effective response to active shooter incidents.

SEAR events are voluntarily submitted special events, which are sent to the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Office of Operations Coordination (OPS) by state, local, and federal officials for a risk assessment.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) partnered with Clear Scientific (CS) to develop a wearable sensor that can quickly provide first responders with critical information related to the toxicity of their environment in the presence of aerosolized fentanils.