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.
In our constitutional republic, there is a critical distinction between law enforcement officer and soldier
Concluding that local authorities should avoid pursuing terrorism charges just because federal officials might not agree may underestimate the capabilities, effectiveness, and professionalism of state and municipal counterterrorism units
Deputy U.S. Marshal Josie Wells died Tuesday in a shootout while trying to arrest the fugitive
Police were searching for a suspect in a double murder when the gunfire exchange occurred
Secret government testing intended to find ways to interfere with rogue drones or knock them out of the sky
Windie Lazenko has worked with federal prosecutors, the FBI and police, testified before state lawmakers and addressed church and school groups
He said the move comes after nine agency officers spent three months analyzing its management structure
Heist was carefully planned and raises questions about who was involved other than the three armed robbers
Police captured suspect Tuesday, ending a massive manhunt that evoked memories of two snipers who killed 10 people in 2002 in the Washington area
FBI believes suspect is responsible for shootings along highways, including one near the Fort Meade Army installation, which is home to the NSA
Ibragim Todashev was fatally shot while being questioned about a Boston Marathon bombing suspect
Officer Zachary Hoelzer was shot by a burglary suspect who would later shoot 2 FBI agents in a standoff
Inquiry underway into whether officers’ use of force was justified in the pursuit of a suspect who is accused of crashing into a cop and badly injuring him
Federal officials said one of those arrested spoke of attacking President Barack Obama or planting a bomb on Coney Island
Evidence from more than 6,600 rape kits that went untested for years have turned up 850 hits in the FBI’s nationwide database of DNA profiles
Police responding an invasion at the home of a credit union official uncovered a robbery plot and then found a man with an apparent bomb strapped to his body
Agent was shot in the leg Thursday when his gun unintentionally discharged during firearms training
Joseph Clancy will fill the position after four months as acting director
James Comey used a speech at Georgetown University to offer his most expansive take on a debate that has roiled in the country
This year’s ceremony honored individuals who committed acts of valor between 2011 and 2013
Officers were trying to arrest man for violating the terms of his release on a burglary charge when he ran away, tripped and a shot fired from his gun
Senate Republicans demanded wholesale change at the DOJ Thursday as they questioned whether AG nominee, Loretta Lynch, would provide it
Abandoned a proposal to use surveillance cameras for photographing vehicle license plates near gun shows in the United States to investigate gun-trafficking
Justice Department, which is defending the two deputy U.S. marshals being sued, says driver was shot only after he struck one of them with his car
FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller said Monday that agents were investigating whether the threats came from the same person or from copycats
The crash prompted an immediate lockdown of the White House grounds until officials could examine the drone
Officials and experts have said a prosecution would be highly unlikely
Brown read a lengthy statement before he was sentenced, saying he broke the law to reveal illegal government activity going unpunished
The vice president and his wife were not at their Wilmington home Saturday night when the shots were fired
He was arrested as he took control of a firearm during an undercover FBI operation in southwestern Ohio
FBI investigating whether the blast was domestic terrorism
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