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.
We’ve had dozens of attempted attacks by radicalized Islamist terrorists here in the United States since 9/11, and only in the case of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan was there any degree of ‘success’ on the part of the attacker
The same economic law of supply and demand that fuels drug smuggling into the US fuels gun smuggling into Mexico
Khairullozhon Matanov, 23, of Quincy, was arrested for destroying, altering and falsifying records in a federal investigation
Man carefully balanced a rifle on the roof of his car and fired two shots, striking the officer in the head before he got out of his patrol car
New Justice Department directive that reverses long-standing policy
FBI agent was arrested over ammunition found in his luggage
It’s a rare case — nearly all of the more than 900 officer killings during the last two decades have been solved, according to the FBI
The number of possible victims of a teacher suspected of drugging and molesting boys during a four-decade career around the world has risen sharply
Mahmood said police told the judge during a brief hearing they needed more time to file formal charges
Federal agents are looking into the conduct of people who reportedly pointed guns at officers during a standoff at Bundy’s ranch April 12
Pakistan released an FBI agent on nearly $10,000 bail Thursday after three days in custody
An FBI agent has been detained in Pakistan after he was found to be in possession of ammunition while trying to board a domestic flight
Family members and other supporters took a Nevada rancher’s grazing rights fight against the U.S. government to the sheriff in Las Vegas on Friday
Walter R. Walsh, who captured gangsters as an FBI agent in the 30s and went on to train Marine Corps snipers and become the longest-lived Olympian, has died
The standoff between the Bureau of Land Management and rancher Cliven Bundy has ended (for now) but should give local law enforcers something to consider as a possibility in their own jurisdiction
50 law enforcement officers raided the suspect’s parents’ mobile home last May
Self-described “citizen soldiers” arrived venting a smoldering anger and wielding AR-15 and AK-47 rifles
The Obama administration is encouraging many nonviolent federal prisoners to apply for early release — and expecting thousands to take up the offer
A corrections officer taken hostage by three inmates at an Ohio county jail has been released unharmed
An elaborate, seven-year sting operation targeted a San Francisco Chinatown association thought to be a front for a notorious organized crime syndicate
The federal agency is condemning threats of violence against officers in anti-police fliers that have surfaced in the city
The oil boom in the Bakken shale fields has touched off an explosion of growth and wealth on this remote wind-swept prairie. But it has also brought a dark side
A day after blinking in a showdown on the range, federal land managers pledged to pursue efforts to resolve a conflict with a rancher who has refused to pay grazing fees for 20 years
Federal land managers say “escalating tensions” led them to release all 400 or so head of cattle rounded up on public land in southern Nevada
Authorities were on the defensive during the fourth day of a monthlong offensive to remove an outspoken rancher’s cattle from lands administered by the BLM
After more than a year of reviewing hundreds of cases handled by the APD, the DOJ found that officers too frequently used deadly force on people
Police are asking federal investigators to help determine whether more than a dozen shootings in less than a month along Kansas City-area roads and highways are connected
Albuquerque Mayor Richard Berry on Wednesday requested the Justice Department to step in and help the city overhaul its troubled police force
Man identified as “Booker” had told friends he intended to “commit Jihad” by killing U.S. soldiers
Lawyer says move was made by then-APD Chief Ray Schultz to try to stave off a federal investigation
Unusual for the State Police, which participates in a review team for Albuquerque police shootings, to bypass an Albuquerque police investigation and turn over evidence directly to the federal agency
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