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.
This dramatized take on a real case offers valuable reminders about radicalization, threat patterns and investigative blind spots
Understanding the protective protocols and legal standards that shaped agents’ response during a high-security DHS event
What does it take to become a police officer? A veteran officer breaks down the rigorous process to land the job
Unprecedented numbers of cops work in Mexico and high-profile arrests occur monthly while drones spy on cartels
Following the arrest of the mayor, police chief, and a trustee in a federal gun smuggling case, Luna County Sheriff Raymond Cobos says he decided to suspend the village police department’s access to Luna County dispatch services
Georgia’s stockpile of the drug has been a target of death row inmates and capital punishment critics due to connection with an alleged ‘fly-by-night’ supplier
Source tells AP that the flights of unmanned aerial vehicles are operated by the departments of Defense and Homeland Security
U.S. Ambassador in Mexico Carlos Pascual met with Juárez Mayor Hector Murguia to discuss national security after blow against the Barrio Azteca gang
After 10 days on the run, pair stole a pickup truck from a man and asked him how to get to Interstate 40
Federal authorities are tracking a possible connection between foreclosed home seizures and the so-called ‘sovereign citizen’ sect
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
In the early morning hours, Chief Angelo Vega was arrested on suspicion firearms and drug trafficking
Saudi attending college in Texas was indicted on a charge of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction
The St. Louis attack came less than a month after a marshal was killed and two wounded in West Virginia
48-year-old John Perry was shot in head
System turned up 910 additional matches between prints submitted to the bureau and prints in the agency’s database
A second U.S. marshal and a St. Louis officer were wounded in the shootout, which started while serving a warrant
The latest roundup is part of a more than 5-year-old effort aimed at U.S. street gangs with ties to Mexican drug cartels and other drug traffickers
“We are fully aware that budget decisions in Washington directly influence programming decisions throughout the country”
ATF spokesman Tom Crowley is referring questions about further details to the U.S. Justice Department
Mexican marines have captured the alleged boss of the main suspect, a Zetas member accused of slaying a U.S. immigration agent
Some Muslims fear that their phones and e-mails are being screened and monitored
Customs and Border Protection agents, all in uniform, stood two-deep in lengthy lines along each wall of the packed room
“I want to go see Mars, too, but I’d much rather have cops on the streets of Brooklyn and Queens,” one US Rep said
Gives lawmakers time to discuss the future of the law enforcement tools that some call an infringement on civil liberties
Armed men in at least two vehicles forced the SUV off road and opened fire
The suspect was fatally shot at the residence as well
Agents were attacked by unknown assailants while driving between Mexico City and the city of Monterrey
Experts differ on what mob infiltration of ports means in post-9/11 security climate
A little-known coalition of US and Mexican police agencies has helped curb both undocumented workers and drugs
The same economic law of supply and demand that fuels drug smuggling into the US fuels gun smuggling into Mexico