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.
The question is not whether unrest will occur, but how police can best prepare to safeguard both community safety and the constitutional right to dissent
Minneapolis offers a warning for law enforcement leaders as political conflict undermines coordination and officer safety
When enforcement unfolds on camera and tensions run high, preparation, command decisions and leadership — not rhetoric — determine what happens next
Doubts are growing within the judiciary about the reasonableness of the sentencing guidelines, as demonstrated by the extent to which judges are refusing to follow them
FBI agent Harry Trombitas retires as an FBI agent just ahead of the mandatory retirement age of 57, following a career spanning almost three decades
Department of Homeland Security said an investigation into counterfeit goods has been going on for 2 1/2 years
The scandal also involves at least 11 military members who were working on security
Yonas Fikre says he was interrogated about the activities of a mosque in Portland, Ore.
Officials peppered with questions about whether women in a Colombia hotel incident had access to sensitive information
Officials are pressing ahead with deportation
Bodies found shortly after two dead would have arrived for work
Searches part of investigation into prescription pain pill abuse
In our constitutional republic, there is a critical distinction between law enforcement officer and soldier
Agents carted trash bags of unknown materials out of the school as protesters gathered to condemn the action
More than 1,000 of the people arrested had multiple criminal convictions
Local and state agencies a cut of the cash or assets seized while helping the feds make cases
Pilot came out of the cockpit and began screaming about a bomb
The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Louisville is prosecuting the case
Under the U.S. Privacy Act, the FBI is generally prohibited from maintaining records on how people practice their religion unless there is a clear law enforcement purpose
An Iraqi citizen who entered the United States as a refugee told an informant that he planted bombs of the same type as the deadly strike against Alpha Company of the 1-111th Infantry
Members of the militia are charged with conspiring to rebel against the government, conspiring to use weapons of mass destruction and other weapons crimes
In a 448-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Mark Bennett threw out Angela Johnson’s death sentence, saying her defense lawyers were “alarmingly dysfunctional” during her 2005 trial
A year after his arrest, Gary Mikulich remains in custody and has been declared incompetent to assist his lawyer and understand the case
NY mayor: ‘Police department can follow leads and threats wherever they come from’
An influential computer hacker turned FBI informant led investigators to his former accomplices
El Khalifi went with undercover operatives to a quarry in the Washington area to detonate explosives
Incident under investigation as workplace-related violence
Two Chicago cops, believing they were stealing $5,200 in cash that belonged to a drug dealer, were charged with theft of government funds
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