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.
Using everything from sophisticated TelePresence solutions to simple online meetings, police can achieve improved effectiveness and arrest rates
To many people in the English-speaking world, al-Awlaki has been the face of al Qaeda since SEALs killed Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan
Any individual police officer can make a massive contribution in an instant, or over the course of many years combined. Neither is better than the other — or bigger than the other — they’re just different from one another
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
Memorial service is being held for two FBI agents and a District of Columbia police sergeant shot and killed 20 years ago
In Southern California, at least 100 people have shown up for the job. When they did, they were swarmed by federal agents
Record-keepers have found some unremarkable depositions with a noteworthy signature: Melvin Purvis Jr.
Federal drug enforcement agents showed up unannounced Sunday to check at least three visiting NFL teams’ medical staffs
The FBI is increasingly concerned with extremism spreading via the Internet and fostering homegrown terrorism
Ground zero in the nation’s fight against cybercrime hides in plain sight, in a nondescript suburban office building with no government seals or signs
The reach and anonymity of these 21st century Internet operations is difficult to penetrate, there are no banking records for investigators to subpoena
Top police officials from New York, London and elsewhere met Thursday to share strategies for combating the homegrown terror threat posed by self-radicalized people
Man confessed to operating a spinoff version of the shuttered website, which enabled more than 100K people to buy and sell illegal drugs over the Internet
Federal agents turned off Internet access to three luxury villas at a Las Vegas hotel then impersonated repair technicians to surreptitiously get inside and collect evidence in an investigation
News organizations has objected to the FBI’s actions
An outspoken member of the American Patriots, a group of armed citizens patrolling the U.S.-Texas border near Brownsville, was arrested Monday
An agent from the federal Drug Enforcement Agency was shot in the elbow Monday morning as he and other agents were serving a search warrant
FBI Director James Comey says encrypting data stored on smartphones and computers could hurt criminal investigations
FBI Director James Comey warned in stark terms Thursday against the push by technology companies to encrypt smartphone data and operating systems
An unidentified body exhumed in Alabama is not the man accused of using a sledgehammer to kill his family in Maryland in 1976, the FBI said Wednesday
The suspect is accused of using a sledgehammer to kill his wife, mother and three sons in their Bethesda, Maryland, home in 1976
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