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The Secret Service releases a blueprint for local law enforcement agencies to create behavioral threat assessment units

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The Secret Service released a blueprint on Wednesday that it says should help guide local and state law enforcement agencies to establish dedicated units that identify and stop tragedies such as mass shootings, assassination attempts and other targeted acts of violence before they happen.

The report comes after two assassination attempts on former President Donald Trump this year and a marked uptick in political violence in recent years .

The National Threat Assessment Center’s research found 73% of all mass attacks in the U.S. involve firearms.

The report recommends that BTAU investigators do more than compile profiles of would-be attackers; they should try to help them if needed.

From there, the agency recommends creating an environment in which violence is less likely to occur.