the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) hosted the 2025 Texas Targeted Violence Prevention and Behavioral Threat Management Conference at the Hilton Palacio del Rio in San Antonio. The threeday conference, which ran Jan. 13 through 15, brought together more than 350 stakeholders from across the country to learn from subject matter experts on mitigating the risks and the prevention of targeted violence and terrorism.
“Targeted violence and terrorism could happen any day, at any moment, anywhere, which makes it more important than ever that we come together to learn the warning signs and how we can work together to prevent them,” said DPS Colonel Freeman F. Martin. “Through the Texas Targeted Violence Prevention and Behavioral Threat Management Conference, DPS is helpschool federal and tribal offi ing provide training and education to some key groups that play a critical role in safeguarding our communities from these types of threats.”
Conference attendees included local, state, cials; law enforcement personnel; mental health professionals; legal professionals; and representatives from faith-based organizations, schools, colleges, universities, community service organizations and Fortune 500 companies from 19 states.
