# First Observer Plus **Entity class:** Transportation domain-awareness training program ## Definition **First Observer Plus** is a Transportation Security Administration training program for transportation professionals organized around the instruction to “Observe, Assess, Report.” DHS described modules for trucking, buses, rail, parking, rental vehicles, hazardous materials, food and agriculture transport, and large venues. Training creates awareness and a reporting channel; it does not make every trainee an intelligence officer or establish that every trainee actively reports. ## Relationships - **agency:** [[wiki/Transportation Security Administration|TSA]]. - **historical predecessor/comparison:** [[wiki/Highway Watch|Highway Watch]]. - **occupational layer:** [[wiki/Occupational Collection Surface|Occupational Collection Surface]]. - **reporting architecture:** [[wiki/Distributed Human-Sensor and Reporting Ecology|Distributed Human-Sensor and Reporting Ecology]]. ## Sources / Provenance - [DHS — Resource Catalog Volume VI, First Observer Plus, July 2, 2018](https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/18_0703_OSLLE-Resource-Catalog-Volume-VI.pdf)