Terrorists often use parked cars or trucks to carry, conceal or serve as bombs, so the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) are offering a free parking-specific training program for local government officials. The training comes in the form of DHS and TSA’s First Observer software module.
The First Observer training program, which is entirely funded by the federal government, trains parking professionals to address five critical security areas: on-street, surface parking lots, garages/decks, special events and shuttle operations. First Observers recognize and report potential threats using a concise, accurate and simple communications process.
