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APH Crim-Epi Arlington Check-In Form

Welcome to the Animal Plant Health Joint Criminal Epidemiology Investigation Course
National Capital Region — January 28-30, 2025

Day 1 AGENDA
Registration: 0730-0800
Class Time: 0800-1700

  • Welcome and Introductions
  • Mission Statement and Course Goals
  • Background of Joint
  • Animal-Plant Health Sector Threats
    • - Agrocrimes, Agroterrorism, Biological Warfare, Espionage​
    - Biological Threats​
    - Geopolitical Considerations of African Swine Fever​
    - Emerging Biosecurity Threats
  • Local Briefing
  • Operational Intelligence Briefing
  • Agricultural Economic Espionage​
  • Biosurveillance Operations
  • Triggers-Tripwires, Notifications, Information Sharing​
    • - Intentional Incidents​
    - Reportable Epidemiological & Syndromic Disease Triggers​
    - Interagency Tripwire Programs
  • FBI WMD Operations/TCE
  • Joint Investigations​
    • - Joint Interviews​
  • Introduction to Information Sharing Exercise​
  • Information Sharing Exercise​
  • Close out

Day 2 AGENDA
Class Time: 0800-1700

  • Welcome and Review​
  • Biosecurity from a Law Enforcement Perspective​
  • Biosecurity for Plant Health​
  • Biosecurity for Animal Health​
  • Biosecurity for Wildlife​
  • Foreign Animal Disease Investigations and Response​
  • Plant Case Study - “Soybean Rust”​
  • Animal Disease Case Study - “Who Killed the Cows?”​
    • - Alternate - “New World Screwworms”​
    - Alternate - “Blistery Mystery”​
  • Agricultural Crime Scene Operations​
  • Plant Case Study “Cereal Killer"
  • Introduction to Red Cell Exercise​
  • Red Cell Exercise​
  • Group Briefings​
  • Close Out and Recommendations​

Day 3 AGENDA
Class Time: 0800-1300

  • Welcome and Review​
  • Presentations and Collaborations​
  • Close Out​

Any questions, please email Melissa Dotimas (madotimas@fbi.gov) and Hallema Mitchell (hamitchell@fbi.gov)

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The collection of information on this form is authorized by 28 U.S.C. section 533 and 28 C.F.R. section 0.85. The information requested will be used to complete your check-in for this event. You do not have to provide the requested information. However, failure to do so may prevent the FBI from properly checking you in. The information collected on this form is protected by the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, Title 5, United States Code section 552a, and is maintained in the FBI’s Bureau Mailing Lists system of records, DOJ/FBI-003, notice of which was published in the Federal Register at 70 Fed. Reg. 7513 (Feb. 14, 2005) and which may be viewed at 05-2777.pdf (govinfo.gov). The information collected may be disclosed in accordance with the routine uses referenced in this notice or as otherwise permitted by law.