After the attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11 , 2001 , the Institute formed the Center for Tactical Counterterrorism ( CTCT ) , later renamed the Center for Policing Terrorism ( CPT ) . The group was created at the request of the NYPD , to provide research into new policing techniques with the goal of retraining officers to become " first preventers " to future mass-casualty attacks . Led by executive director R.P. Eddy , the CTCT held a conference with highly regarded counterterrorism experts in the world and developed a strategy to transform the NYPD 's approach to urban counterterrorism by blending intelligence gathering and analysis with traditional policing . One of the most visible components of this new approach was the overseas liaison program , which placed NYPD officers with police departments in foreign countries for the purposes of intelligence gathering , relationship building , and information sharing . Eddy brought on board Tim Connors , a West Point and Notre Dame Law School graduate , to oversee the day-to-day operations of the CTCT . The CTCT began publishing reports and white papers on intelligence fusion centers , local counterterrorism strategies , and intelligence-led policing . With the research assistance of Institute staffers Mark Riebling and Pete Patton , the center produced rapid-response briefings on major terrorist attacks around the world and presented them at weekly meetings with the Counterterrorism Bureau . The Institute 's counterterrorism strategy also built upon Broken Windows and CompStat policing models by training police in problem-solving techniques , data analysis , and order maintenance . In January 2005 , the CTCT cautioned against the construction of a new United Nations structure over the Queens Midtown Tunnel , which would have increased the value of the tunnel as a potential terrorist target . CTCT , and later CPT , continued publishing research until 2008 when it was absorbed into National Consortium for Advanced Policing
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