“While anti-terrorism agents in a secured intelligence hub supported FBI operations, state supervisors this week are training a new cadre of 65 ‘terrorism liaison officers’ to serve as their eyes and ears around the state.

The new TLOs, as they are called, will bring the total deployed statewide to 370 — more than five times the initial target when the program began in 2007 — in one of the more robust state efforts to develop a federally guided grassroots network of intelligence agents.

The TLOs include police officers in Aurora and Denver, suburban firefighters, state health officials and prison guards. And the targets they watch range from financial institutions to luxury hotels.

(Dozens trained in Colorado to spot possible terrorism dangers – The Denver Post)