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.
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
Using everything from sophisticated TelePresence solutions to simple online meetings, police can achieve improved effectiveness and arrest rates
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
Revealed Wednesday that a doctor was killed in a shooting at a veterans’ clinic, as agents interviewed hundreds of potential witnesses to determine a motive
Leaders of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee said Wednesday they were seeking answers from the Obama administration about federal law enforcement’s use of surveillance technology
Former Gilberton Chief Mark Kessler says he fed information to the FBI about people he thought were sovereign citizens
FBI and Los Angeles police led early morning raids, dubbed “Operation Resident Evil,” at more than a dozen homes
A convicted con man who tried to pass himself off as an FBI agent to get perks in the North Dakota oil patch will plead guilty to an illegal weapons charge
Policy, which expands guidelines established under the Bush administration, will require new training and data collection
Should individuals be permitted to have a lock that no one but the owner may open?
Holder traveled to Atlanta to meet with law enforcement and community leaders for the first in a series of regional meetings around the country
Advising military members and police to review their social media accounts to avoid posts that might attract attention from the Islamic State
FBI spokeswoman says the incident is not related to the Ferguson protests
More gun sales than ever are slipping through the federal background check system — 186,000 last year
Mich. woman carrying a gun was arrested outside the White House just after President Obama completed a nationally broadcast speech
