Federal law enforcement
The Federal Law Enforcement topic area addresses all crime-fighting agencies at the national and federal level. This section will provide you with the latest news, information and developments across the country and in Washington.
Does releasing the name of an officer who shoots a suspected terrorist attacker put him or her in danger of terrorist retribution?
From my experience as an agent working on several inaugurals, I know that every conceivable security issue and contingency is discussed and gamed out several months in advance
The FBI hosted a Facebook live interview with two special agents who have prior military service
Information on the agent’s injuries or the circumstances of the shooting was not immediately released
Authorities announced 74 arrests in connection to an international business e-mail compromise scheme designed to intercept and hijack wire transfers from businesses and individuals
The ATF agent, whose name hasn’t been released, is expected to make a full recovery
Police said an ATF agent was shot several times during an undercover operation in which a suspect was killed
The operation is one of the largest against employers in recent years on allegations of violating immigration laws
An off-duty FBI agent dancing at a Denver nightclub accidentally discharged a firearm, wounding another patron in the leg
Sheriff Margaret Mims told the president the sanctuary laws have put sheriffs like herself in “an untenable position”
According to the report, 93 LEOs were killed in the line of duty last year
The IC3 received more than 300,000 complaints last year with reported losses of more than $1.4 billion
Ernesto Godinez is charged in the shooting of an ATF agent, who was shot in the face
Counter surveillance of law enforcement is becoming the fastest-growing way organized criminals are using drones
The largest stretch of the wall is expected to rise later this year in the Rio Grande Valley and have the most potential to deter immigrants and drug smugglers
Chicago police have deployed several hundred officers to hunt for a gunman who shot an ATF agent in the face
Matin Azizi-Yarand, 17, faces charges of making a terroristic threat and criminal solicitation of capital murder of a Texas peace officer
The testing could lead to a broad rollout by the nation’s largest LE agency that would make it the first federal agency to use the devices on a large scale
Joseph James DeAngelo was arrested after a DNA sample came back as a match to the Golden State Killer
Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez was fatally shot as he threw rocks at authorities during a drug smuggling attempt
The city said that the federal government, not the state, has authority when it comes to immigration
A judge ruled the DOJ cannot favor PDs that are willing to cooperate with immigration agents when it doles out tens of millions of dollars in funding each year
California Gov. Jerry Brown insisted that his troops will have nothing to do with immigration enforcement
The attack forced Atlanta police to performs some tasks “manually,” including writing reports by hand
Noor Salman was acquitted on charges of lying to the FBI and helping her husband in the 2016 attack
The board’s vote may mark the biggest maneuver yet in a nascent local movement against California’s law to protect people residing illegally in the country
The county is considering fighting the law that bars police in many cases from turning over suspects to federal agents for deportation
Investigators are trying to determine why a man drove a flaming minivan full of propane tanks and gasoline cans through the main gate of a California Air Force Base
The trial of Noor Salman, the widow of the Pulse nightclub gunman, is in its fifth day of testimony in Orlando
The vote followed intense comments by residents who packed the tiny council chambers to speak for and against the effort
Andrew McCabe was fired just two days before his scheduled retirement date
The bill authorizes $500 million over 10 years for grants to improve training and coordination between schools and local law enforcement
In Texas, the fight over a new law known as Senate Bill 4 has raged for more than a year