Threats and Harassment Dataset: July 2025 Toplines [Internal] - August 28 2025

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Threats and harassment against local officials declined from June to July, returning to baseline levels seen earlier this year. BDI’s Threats and Harassment Dataset (THD) recorded just over 30 incidents for the month, bringing the total event count so far in 2025 to more than 300.

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Threats and Harassment Dataset: July 2025 Update - August 28 2025

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Threats and harassment against local officials declined from June to July, returning to baseline levels seen earlier this year. BDI’s Threats and Harassment Dataset (THD) recorded just over 30 incidents for the month, bringing the total event count so far in 2025 to more than 300.

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Discussion Paper: Understanding How the Community Safety and De-Escalation Ecosystem Is Responding to Political Violence Risk

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Drawing on interviews with more than 30 practitioners and researchers conducted in 2025, this discussion paper analyzes new qualitative data on the community safety and de-escalation ecosystem through a field-building framework.

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