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
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
Beneath the strings of red paper lanterns and narrow alleyways of the nation’s oldest Chinatown lies a sinister underworld
Federal law enforcement officials debated whether to release photos that led to the capture of a suspect in last year’s bombing at the Boston Marathon
There were 212 bank robberies last year — the lowest since the 1960s — in a seven-county region overseen by the FBI’s Los Angeles office
The attorney involved won’t bring charges against the agent who shot Ibragim Todashev, a 27-year-old mixed martial arts fighter
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 with 239 people aboard disappeared March 8
Suspect is accused of mailing a homemade bomb to Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio last April
Rafael Angel Nieves was arrested two weeks after he allegedly pretended to be a federal agent while at the scene of his daughter’s car accident
In its quest to find a suspected domestic terrorist on the lam for a decade, the FBI on Friday began placing his image on billboards across the country
The ID cards themselves will have to contain, at a minimum, the bearer’s full name, signature, date of birth, gender, principal address, a front-facing photo, and a unique number
slamic militants have threatened to derail the Winter Games, which run from Feb. 7-23
Abdulbaki Todashev wrote in a letter that his son knew the two bombing suspects, but didn’t understand why his son was killed in a confrontation with FBI
Mario Edward Garnett is suspected of a three-state bank robbery spree that resulted in the death of a cop
Nicholas George sought to sue three Transportation Security Administration agents and two FBI agents over the August 2009 stop at Philadelphia International Airport, saying they violated his free speech rights and conducted an improper search
Tupelo Police Cpl. Kevin “Gale” Stauffer, 38, was killed and his partner was critically wounded, suspects at large
The agreement calls for additional police training, accountability and outreach to Latinos and better tracking of hate crimes
There have been hundreds of these disruptions since 2011, Attorney General Eric Holder recently told an audience of police chiefs
An avionics technician who worked at the airport was unaware he’d been communicating with an undercover detective about violent jihad
James Comey stopped in at the New Haven field office Friday with a message that the agency stands ready to help local and state law enforcement
Holder announced the federal government would make more money available to help the city fight persistent street violence
Numbers released by the FBI Monday showed there were 5,796 such incidents in 2012, compared to 6,222 in 2011
