Quote:Butler County sheriff ramps up training, security after FBI warning of terror attacks
By Lauren Pack Updated Feb 7, 2024

At the National Sheriff’s Association Conference in Washington, D.C, last week, Butler County Sheriff Richard Jones heard warnings from the FBI of imminent terrorist attacks on the U.S., and he is out to make sure his department is prepared.
“It’s not if they are going to attack, it’s just when they are,” Jones said. “There are people already here who have come to this country who hate us and want to kill us.”
Lines of attack, he said he was told, will be through cyber attacks, crippling power grids, train derailments and cells of armed terrorists who target multiple areas of the country.

. . . Jones said the Chinese have the U.S. outnumbered 50 to 1 in people working on cyber attacks and prevention.

“Their deal is to cause us disruption in our county. To cause chaos in our country, not like next week — now. From the red flags and chatter that they (FBI) are hearing,” he said.
Jones said the FBI also said people have come across the border to “do harm to us … that they have never seen it this bad.”
Thousands of people are working to disrupt the country, including national and local elections, he said.
“They told us we need to be prepared to talk to local county election people to be prepared,” Jones said. “They want us to lose faith in our government.”
He said big cities will not just be the target, terrorists also will hit in smaller cities and rural areas where people typically feel safe.