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.
Regardless of the outcome of the election on Tuesday, it’s not difficult to imagine legal proceedings being filed
Former Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Tom Ridge made some time to visit with Police1 during IACP 2016
Kratom, currently sold as a health supplement, is often used by individuals as an alternative to heroin
The reforms were recommended by federal officials after the DOJ’s decision to scale back a program that helped departments improve community relations
Few northern cities play host to the Super Bowl, so dealing with the likely extreme February cold is a necessity for police officers and first responders
The memo says FBI and Justice Department leaders signed off on a surveillance warrant to monitor communications of a former Trump campaign associate
FBI agents were attempting to rescue Ulises Valladares before he was fatally shot
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FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe is leaving his position ahead of a previously planned retirement this spring
Some experts called a routine exercise by Border Patrol questionable while rights groups deemed it problematic
Smuggling organizations know Border Patrol’s surveillance cameras don’t work well in thick fog, so they use it as a cover to bring larger numbers of people into the U.S.
Here’s a breakdown of who is considered “essential” and “nonessential” during a federal government shutdown
Attorney Nicholas Crosby did not identify new evidence or suspects but said charges might be possible depending on the results of an ongoing investigation
Documents revealed the FBI knew Stephen Paddock left behind big caches of guns, ammunition and explosives when they sought warrants to search his properties
Mayor de Blasio said the city will investigate the NYPD’s handling of a protest against the deportation of immigration activist Ravi Ragbir
The Florida House passed a bill designed to crack down on cities and counties that don’t comply with federal immigration authorities
Jim and Doug discuss the ramifications of the new position of the DOJ
The five-page report contradicts Cook County officials’ ruling that Sgt. Donald Markham had shot himself in September 2015
Bill Lockyer is among a small but growing group of people making the switch from government to the cannabis industry
The action appears to open a new front in Trump’s sharp expansion of immigration enforcement
Everitt Aaron Jameson pleaded not guilty to plotting to go on a murderous rampage on Christmas in San Francisco’s Pier 39
An FBI agent trying to arrest a man wanted shot him after being dragged by the suspect’s vehicle
Attorney General Jeff Sessions lifted an Obama-era policy that kept federal authorities from cracking down on the pot trade in states where the drug is legal
The officers were responding to a disturbance call at a New Year’s Eve party when they were both shot
Rifles have changed not only how gangs engage each other, but how residents try to live with them and how police fight them
Police said the drop is in part due to an expansion of technology that pinpoints where shots were fired and quickly dispatch officers to the scene
Officials said the vehicle collided with the hog, which caused it to swerve into oncoming traffic and hit a SUV
FBI officials say they have seen no evidence to suggest Detective Sean Suiter’s death was “directly connected” to the federal corruption investigation
Agent Lee Smith said Texas’ Big Bend is “the absolute weakest link on the southern border”
Border Patrol agent Alex Franco, 35, was killed when a motorcycle he was riding and a pickup truck collided
Brian Houston is awaiting sentencing on a drug smuggling conviction, a fact Border Patrol didn’t know when he was screened
The FBI began investigating when it learned that Everitt Jameson was expressing support for posts that favored terrorism or the Islamic State group
The suspect allegedly told the FBI that “we need something along the lines of New York or San Bernardino”
Chicago police said the investigation involved an invitation-only group on the social network that couldn’t be found through the search function
