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.
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
Terrorists will continue to refine their tactics and improve their operational capabilities, so we’re not going to have much of that ‘luck’ left to rely upon
Investigation will look at department practices over the past few years, including patterns of stops, arrests and use of force, as well as the training officers receive
The kidnapping victim managed to run off and the armed suspect was found by police less than a mile away
Islamic State extremists who executed journalist James Foley are “savages” who must be brought to justice, said FBI Director James Comey
Police originally said 31 were arrested, but St. Louis County spokeswoman Candace Jarrett on Tuesday said 57 people were booked at the county jail alone
Missouri’s governor on Monday ordered the National Guard to a St. Louis suburb convulsed by protests over a fatal police shooting
First night of a state-imposed curfew in Ferguson, Missouri, ended with tear gas and seven arrests
Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson released police reports stemming from the case during a news conference where he also identified the officer involved
FBI opened an investigation Monday into the death of 18-year-old Michael Brown, who was shot multiple times Saturday by an officer
A toddler slipping through slats in the gate caught the eyes of the gun-toting officers who are charged with protecting the president
Relationship between local law enforcement and often heavily armed federal officers has always been tense, and now threatens to reach a breaking point
Cliven Bundy, a Mormon, told an Independent American Party gathering in St. George, Utah, on Saturday that God provided him personal inspiration in the showdown
A mistrial was declared last year after jurors who were not allowed to consider manslaughter, couldn’t agree on a verdict
U.S. law enforcement can force Microsoft Corp. to turn over emails it stores in Ireland
The man left the scene and led officers on a high-speed pursuit
Det. Mario Muniz, 45, was hit in the upper-right chest area by one of Mozdir’s bullets, but it was stopped by his bullet proof vest
The suspected sex offender was recently profiled on CNN’s “The Hunt” with John Walsh
The report is the culmination of a three-year investigation begun months after the American Civil Liberties Union filed a complaint
A federal jury on Monday found Azamat Tazhayakov guilty of obstruction of justice and conspiracy
An investigative report linked two city officers with the secret hate society that once was violently active in the area
Steven Goldmann’s attempt to pass himself off as an FBI agent netted him free coffee, a government rate at a budget hotel and dog treats for his bogus K-9 unit
Officer fired his weapon once at men in a truck as they fled a pro-Israel rally after using wooden poles bearing Palestinian flags to hit protesters
FBI agents and police in Tremonton arrested John Huggins on Thursday on a charge of possessing an unregistered destructive device
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
