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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.

Technology played a big role in aiding the police operation that caught the Tsarnaev brothers
Part four of a four-part series
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) made a similar move last year
Officials asked for $35M to pay for resources involved in protecting Trump Tower, but Congress is offering to reimburse the city just $7M
The raid was the latest development in a DOJ investigation of a federal drug task force
In a letter released Monday, the officers asked Obama to send 100 Border Patrol agents and members of the U.S. Marshals Service Special Operations Group
A lawyer for an FBI agent arrested for firing his gun at an officer says the agent was feeling paranoid and only vaguely recalls what happened
Police responded to 911 calls about a man brandishing a gun inside the fitness club
Does releasing the name of an officer who shoots a suspected terrorist attacker put him or her in danger of terrorist retribution?
The cost for security totals $500K a day
Authorities say they won’t forcibly remove the protesters
The letter was received by at least four mosques in Southern California, one in San Jose, one in Fresno and another in Savannah, Georgia
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers told demonstrators to leave an encampment where they’ve been protesting the Dakota Access pipeline
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
Mayors of major U.S. cities that have long had cool relationships with federal immigration officials say they’ll do all they can to protect residents from deportation
The FBI hosted a Facebook live interview with two special agents who have prior military service
Comey would be in the delicate position of working with a president who lobbed criticisms against the nation’s premier law enforcement agency
Both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump will be about a mile apart when results come in — creating unprecedented security headaches for NYC
Paul Ciancia, the gunman who killed a federal security officer at LAX and wounded three other people, faces a mandatory life sentence in federal prison
FBI Director James Comey told Congress in a letter sent Sunday that a review of newly discovered Hillary Clinton emails has “not changed our conclusions”
The Republican presidential nominee had been speaking to supporters for a while when a disturbance broke out in the crowd
Politics aside, in law enforcement you take an oath to protect everyone
Sources say the potential threat may occur the day before the presidential election
President Obama faulted the FBI over its handling of the Clinton email investigation, condemning the bureau for falling short of standards
Regardless of the outcome of the election on Tuesday, it’s not difficult to imagine legal proceedings being filed
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid wrote to Comey saying the action may have violated the law
The FBI informed Congress Friday it is investigating whether there is classified info in new emails that have emerged in its probe of Hillary Clinton’s private server
Former Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Tom Ridge made some time to visit with Police1 during IACP 2016
Officer Leslie Coffelt distinguished himself as the only Secret Service member who died saving the president
When the worst of the worst happens, the CIRG gets called in
Investigators are looking for the two men, who they stressed were being sought as potential witnesses in the case, not as suspects
Kratom, currently sold as a health supplement, is often used by individuals as an alternative to heroin
A Washington, D.C.-area transit police officer has been charged in an FBI sting with attempting to support the Islamic State group