Los Angeles Police Department Threat Management Unit

In civilian law enforcement, a Threat Management Unit (TMU) is a police department team that handles cases of harassment or stalking. The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) created the first Threat Management Unit, the Los Angeles Police Department Threat Management Unit, in 1990 after the murder of actress Rebecca Lucile Schaeffer. Over the years the TMU has been visited and emulated by many city, state and federal law enforcement agencies, including agencies from Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, Europe, Asia, and South America; as well as prominent security consultants all seeking to implement a form of TMU for contracted national and foreign jurisdictions....
Read More