STARRS PROJECT/PROPOSAL REVIEW FORM

Consolidating the LETPA allocations enhances everyone’s capacity to detect and mitigate the threat posed by
those who seek to carry out violent attacks against the people, government or critical infrastructure of Missouri.
In particular, the threat posed by homegrown terrorism is real and not limited to a single ideology. Foreign
terrorist groups affiliated with al-Qaida, and individual terrorist thought leaders, are actively seeking to recruit or
inspire Westerners to carry out attacks against western and United States targets. Missouri must remain vigilant
against homegrown and foreign terrorist threats.
It should be noted that OHS has used state and local (rural) funds to support many initiatives within both the
Kansas City and St. Louis UASIs:
MoDEX – 32 police/sheriff agencies (all within St. Louis UASI), $699,375 for interfaces and continued
maintenance cost of $72,500 per year.
LiveScan – 27 police/sheriff agencies (all within St. Louis UASI), $945,000
Motorola switches - $1,000,000 to each UASI.
HSRT (HSRRS) - $2,069,186.92 since CY 2007 to St. Louis UASI area
OHS intends to expend the LETPA funds for the following purposes:
As maturation of the state network of fusion centers is one of the priorities of OHS it is paramount to
provide funding for the Terrorism Early Warning Groups (TEWG) and the State’s fusion center. As you have
heard by now the Kansas City UASI has fell outside of 31 funded UASI’s. Yet, their TEWG is still a very viable
asset to Missouri for intelligence and information sharing. We purpose the UASI, Urban A and State/Rural make
available funds from the distribution table to support their fusion centers/TEWGs.
Law Enforcement Investigation and Operations in support of preparing for, preventing, responding and
recovering from a terrorist attack is another priority for OHS. Terrorism investigation includes the broad range of
activities undertaken by law enforcement to examine, probe and investigate potential terrorist activities.
Intervention activities are those actions, programs, and efforts designed and carried out by law enforcement to
interdict terrorists before they can execute an attack against Missouri citizens, critical infrastructure, and/or other
states. The capability to examine, probe, investigate and reduce the impact and consequences of an incident or
major event by securing the affected area in coordination with law enforcement disciplines would be the focus of
the remaining funds.
table.
Expenditures of LEPTA funds will be decided by each respective entity as indicated in the distribution
Sincerely,
Paul H. Fennewald
Homeland Security Coordinator