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FBI intelligence coordinator urges event planners to lean on partnerships for Super Bowl security
Summary
Terrence, a supervisory intelligence analyst with the FBI in New Orleans who served as the Super Bowl 2025 intelligence coordinator, said multiagency partnerships and information-sharing were central to mitigating threats at large events and advised planners to rely on existing relationships while building new ones.
Terrence, a supervisory intelligence analyst with the FBI in New Orleans who served as the Super Bowl 2025 intelligence coordinator, said partnerships between federal, state and private-sector organizations were essential to keeping large events safe. "We don't do this alone," he said, describing his role coordinating intelligence support for the event.
He told colleagues planning large events that patience and partnership are key. He said his coordination work involved internal FBI teams and outside partners including the NFL, the New Orleans Police Department and the Louisiana State Police, as well as "a host of other government agencies at the federal and state level," which he said were relied on for information-sharing and threat mitigation.
On advice for planners, he urged them to "lean on existing partnerships, but don't be afraid to make new ones to make it a safe and secure event." He described the coordinator role as focused on building and using relationships to identify and mitigate threats, and said his team continually looks for ways to improve how they secure events.
He closed by reiterating the mission-oriented perspective: "That is our job," and introduced himself again, saying, "I am Terrence, and I'm a part of your FBI." The statement did not specify particular threats, operational tactics, or next procedural steps for outside organizers.
