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.
When you’re a ‘loaner’ you can be on urban streets surrounded by millions on one day and the next day be deep in a canyon outnumbered 10-to-1 by rattlesnakes
As we approach the 10 year anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, it is a very useful exercise to remind ourselves about some of the most basic — and most visible — signs which can help police officers thwart a plot
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 victory a rancher claimed in a government standoff with armed militiamen has served to embolden right-wing extremists and conspiracy theorists across the country
The federal government can’t be blamed for any fallout from a 2011 FBI report that put a gang tag on fans of the music group
Clark County Sheriff Doug Gillespie said Cliven Bundy crossed the line when he allowed states’ rights supporters onto his property to aim guns at police
An Arizona State University officer involved in the arrest of an ASU professor in a video that went viral has been placed on leave
Department of Justice says seven Colombians have been extradited to the United States to face charges related to the 2013 stabbing death of a U.S. drug agent
The effort dubbed “Operation Broken Heart” involved dozens of local, state and federal authorities
Man already facing state charges that he pretended to be a police officer in Chicago was arrested today on federal charges he impersonated a U.S. marshal twice
Lawyers for the government and fans of Insane Clown Posse clashed in court Monday over whether the FBI can be sued for describing them as a gang
Nabbing the bad guys was only part of the challenge facing federal officials who shut down an illegal marijuana garden growing on U.S. rangeland
The arrest and indictments were the culmination of a three-year investigation
Pittsburgh has become the arsenal of cybersecurity because it is home to CMU’s Software Engineering Institute with its 260-person CERT cyberteam
Court will consider the free speech rights of people who use violent or threatening language on Facebook and other electronic media where the speaker’s intent is not always clear
Federal grand jury has indicted a Calif. social media expert who was the subject of an FBI manhunt on bomb and gun charges
The incident happened Wednesday as the helicopter was patrolling as part of the Georgia Governor’s Marijuana Eradication Task Force
Officials say the panel will include national security lawyers from the Justice Department and representatives from the FBI, among other agencies
Search of a social media expert’s apartment turned up ball bearings, screws and components needed to make a homemade bomb designed to kill or maim
A San Francisco social media maven and former political consultant who was wanted on suspicion of possessing explosives has been taken into custody after a three-day manhunt
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
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