Threat Assessments (Part 3) - September 8

September 8, 2025

Day 1,438 of the Adventure

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The other day, I opened a subject of "Threat Assessments" as defined by the Department of Homeland Security. This is a comprehensive list of things the department sees as legitimate threats to our country and the report is published each year. There are four primary categories and I thought I would dive into each one to help give some ideas as to how we, as individuals, may want to view them as it relates to our own practical preparedness activities. 

The first section relates to Public Security and Safety. This section is divided into three primary areas of concern. Terrorism, Illegal Drugs and Nation States Influence Operations and Transnational Repression. Today, I'm looking at the threat of illegal drugs. 

While the government treats the threat of illegal drugs as a high priority threat, we in rural areas do not typically see the impacts of it as much as in urban areas. Still, the impacts do indeed exist. For us, this threat mostly manifests itself in the form of petty theft. Where we are now, we've insulated ourselves from it for the most part. A few years ago, we lived in a small community that had a significant amount of drug culture. There was a constant element of petty crime in the town, largely associated with the drug abuse culture. It was more frustrating than it waw dangerous, however, there were the occasional violent crimes that occurred there. Dealing with this threat is largely related to security and surveillance measures, of which we deploy both. An indirect effect of the national drug threat is in the number of people moving to the mid-west from the coastal regions. When we purchased our place where we currently live, the demand for land was so high that it was difficult finding a place that fit what we were looking for. Most of that was caused by the influx from people moving here from the west coast. That drove prices higher as well, making the purchase of land even more difficult. Just a side effect related to crime in the larger urban cities out west. 

To be continued. 

Carry On

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