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renee emer Between September 11, 2001, and ‘ ; February 19, 2004, the Security Division established a new pdlicy to grant . prospective JTTE members and received and processed the following: law enforcement executives an {| State and Local Law Enforcement Executives interim security clearance while . . . the background check for 2,707 security clearance requests received permanent clearance is 2,351 successfully processed conducted. To expedite the (87 discontinued or administratively closed) background checks, in. February 69 4 di 2003, we created a new unit 2 open Cases curren y pen Ing Joint Terrorism Task Force Members within the Security Division to focus on security clearance processing for law enforcement | 1,589 requests for Top Secret clearance executives and JTTF members. 1,414 successfully processed We also put new procedures . in place and reassigned 175 open cases currently pending personnel from other FBI secunty programs. These priority [ requests for clearance are now comipleted, in most cases, within 180 days. im December 2002 we New Counterterrorism Training Initiatives Following September 11, 2001, we recognized the need to train not only our own employees, but also our state and municipal law enforcement partners, to meet the challenge of international terrorism. Several new or updated training efforts are helping us share counterterrorism expertise and knowledge about terrorist activities. State and Local Anti-Terrorism Training (SLATT)—SLATT is a new training initiative mandated by the USA PATRIOT Act. In partnership with DOJ’s Bureau of Justice Assistance and the Institute for Intergovernmental Research, we developed a national counterterrorism “Train the Trainer” program. From February 2003 to May 2003, Institute instructor teams provided 200 FBI instructors with a counterterrorism “Train the Trainer” course. These 200, in turn, trained 25,036 police officers from April 1, 2003, through December 31, 2003, with minimal cost. This highly successful initiative not only raised the level of counterterrorism expertise among our state and municipal partners; it also gave our field agents an opportunity to interact with local officers and improve their professional relationships. National Academy—Since 1935, the FBI has offered the National Academy program MISC DOC. #5 to experienced law enforcement managers nominated by their agency heads because of their leadership qualities. Over the past 31 months, 2,220 state, municipal, and federal law enforcement personnel have received training ~ including counterterrorism instruction — through the National Academy. 42 000000381