National

Local monitoring is essential for identifying early warning signs. BDI produces regular national situation reports (SitReps) on key risk trends at the national and state level, disseminated to a vetted list of community leaders and organizations.

Threats and harassment against local officials remained steady from January to February. The latest Threats and Harassment Dataset (THD) update adds over 30 new events, including 17 for February. Other or unknown motives largely drove incidents, accounting for over two-thirds of all events tracked in February. A clear motive was not identified for most of the incidents recorded during the month, though multiple events were connected to immigration issues and personal legal matters.

A bi-monthly newsletter to share updates from BDI and our network of trainers and practitioners. Tools for non-violently navigating conflict are essential to a healthy democracy. To increase access to these resources, BDI created the Community Safety and De-Escalation Directory - an interactive platform to connect users with a curated network of community safety, de-escalation, and bystander intervention trainers from all around the country.

Local monitoring is essential for identifying early warning signs. BDI produces regular national situation reports (SitReps) on key risk trends at the national and state level, disseminated to a vetted list of community leaders and organizations.

Threats and harassment against local officials decreased from February to March. The latest Threats and Harassment Dataset (THD) update adds over 30 new events, including 15 for March. Unknown or unclassified motives accounted for the majority of reported events during the month.

Local monitoring is essential for identifying early warning signs. BDI produces regular national situation reports (SitReps) on key risk trends at the national and state level, disseminated to a vetted list of community leaders and organizations.