The World Cup is inching closer as the ticketing process gets underway. That means security plans are top of mind of several law enforcement agencies across the country.
Joseph Rothrock is Special Agent in Charge of the Dallas FBI office and recently opened up about the challenges they face.
"It's not something we can do alone," Rothrock said during a recent meeting with local members of the North Texas media.
"We'll put out a call to action to the public to ask for their information, ask for them to report suspicious behavior so we can try to prevent any sort of violence before it might occur," he said.
The FBI will be helping to coordinate and share intelligence to give state and local law enforcement everything necessary to ensure the matches and all the other events associated with the World Cup go smoothly and safely.
"Our role is to bring a threat picture, bring intelligence, and work to help position our local officers and our state officers on how they are going to best position themselves," he said.
Rothrock says the FBI considers North Texas to be a central focus of the event that spans across North America given the number of matches that will be held in Arlington on top of the International Broadcast Center at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Downtown Dallas.
The World Cup runs June 11th through July 19th.
AT&T Stadium, which will likely go by the name 'Dallas Stadium' for the World Cup, is hosting nine matches. That is more than any other host city in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.