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Homeland Security

Major Donald Frank
Commander, Homeland Security Division

The Office of Homeland Security is responsible for the safety of DeKalb County residents against intrastate, national, or international threats through investigations of organizations involved in terrorist activities, militia groups, or any other subversive groups deemed to be a threat to local or national security.




	The Homeland Security Division for the DeKalb County Police Department, established by CEO Vernon Jones in December of 2001, in response to the terrorist attacks against the United States is the principle division of the DeKalb County Police Department, investigating and responding to all international and domestic related terrorism (narco, cyber, financial, etc.) within DeKalb County. In addition, this division is comprised of the intelligence unit, as a supportive unit for the entire police department employing state-of-the-are technological tools specially trained personnel to assist law enforcement investigations, the gang unit as the premier response unit to gang related crimes and investigations, and the DeKalb County Emergency Management Agency, tasked with operating the DeKalb Emergency Operations Center (EOC) and to continuously develop measures to prevent, mitigate, respond to and recovery from all hazards, natural or unnatural in origin. All detectives in this unit have received specialized federal and state training in their respective areas of expertise and maintain key relationships with federal and state authorities.