By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
The Justice Department has run out of funding to train officers on combating terrorism and is quietly shutting down the program, even after the deadly violence in Charlottesville, Va. earlier this month.
The last day for the State and Local Anti-Terrorism Training Program is Sept. 30, the Kansas City Star reports.
“It makes absolutely no sense,” said Mike Sena, president of the National Fusion Center Association, which runs a network of centers nationwide to help law enforcement combat terrorism.
“Eliminating programs that are critical to preparing our people in the field to identify threats before they manifest and cause harm to our public is an egregious error.”
The task force was revived in 2014.
The Justice Department declined to respond to questions about the program.
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