A panel of experts on counter-terrorism and intelligence will be sharing their knowledge this week at a forum on Homeland Defense and Security.
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Lane County Sheriff Tom Turner will moderate the forum. He says it's an opportunity for people to learn more from law enforcement about how they deal with terrorist threats.
Turner: "Everything from cyber issues that all of us face to more tacit, on-the-ground type thing, where, you know, suspicious package. We'll take 'em all on. And it ends up being a nice, comfortable place to air some of those concerns."
Dr. Ronald Graham is director of Criminal Justice at , which is hosting the forum.
Graham: "We look at this from a little bit different perspective and we also look at it for training. Recently, I returned from Afghanistan and I was working biometric intelligence operations. So we've got new intelligence-type of a certificate program."
Graham says NCU offers training programs in counter-terrorism. He says the forum is not about scaring people but helping to educate the community. The Security Forum is Wednesday afternoon from 3 to 5 at Northwest Christian University in Eugene.
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