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.
What does it take to become a police officer? A veteran officer breaks down the rigorous process to land the job
The 287(g) program allows ICE to deputize local officers to perform immigration enforcement duties, including identifying and processing noncitizens in custody for potential removal
From the FBI to the Secret Service, explore the largest federal agencies, their missions, officer requirements and how to start your career in federal law enforcement
Prosecutors are expected to ask a judge to sentence Juan Carlos Guzman-Betancourt to 10 years in prison
The University could be fined for waiting too long to notify students about the shooting rampage
The doll has an LCD screen on its back and shoots video from Barbie’s perspective through a lens hidden in the doll’s necklace.
The debate is heating up in Philadelphia, where police embraced an aggressive stop-and-frisk policy in response to rising gun violence
Thousands of people had gathered Friday on a cold, clear night for the annual event at Pioneer Courthouse Square
Athletes’ jersey numbers were used as code for drug amounts
A Southwest Airlines passenger found the loaded ammunition clip in a back-seat pocket of the commercial plane
The number of law enforcement agencies providing data to the FBI on hate crime went up last year compared to 2008
Says the procedure for airline security screenings isn’t likely to change anytime soon
The FBI-NYPD Joint Terrorism Task Force was called in and a massive contingent of heavily armed cops surrounded the camouflage-clad performers
Dressed in camouflage costumes, the dancers ditched their cars in the tunnel and tried to run to a TV appearance in Manhattan
OTM is a delightful little acronym for illegal immigrants who are ‘Other Than Mexican’ — SIA stands for ‘Special Interest Aliens’ from terrorist nations like Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Sudan, Somalia, Pakistan, and Yemen
Numerous people were arrested as part of a multi-agency operation involving 120 federal and local law enforcement officers to combat gang recruitment
Committee wants to draft new law before next session
Thomas Steven Sanders was taken into custody Sunday in Miss., after a massive manhunt in a bizarre case that stretched across the country
A Navy SEAL and two others were charged with smuggling machine guns from Iraq for sale on the black market
A separate investigation is continuing into whether interrogators went too far in their treatment of the suspects during questioning
The FBI has not yet identified a suspect
Undercover informant secretly recorded him plotting a murder-for-hire scheme that involved poisoning a man
More than a third of the 163 cops killed on duty since last October died by gunfire
Nine years ago, al Qaeda was our primary concern. Now we also face a growing threat from al Qaeda affiliates
Ballot initiative would allow adults 21 years or older to possess up to 1 ounce of marijuana and grow 25-square-foot pot gardens
Two years behind and $100 million over budget on the installation of an electronic case-management system
The suit accuses the officer of breaking his secrecy agreement with the United States
Two bullets hit the south side of the building, one striking a window and the other hitting the building itself
The number falls short of the agency’s goal of 400,000 for the 2010 fiscal year
The new moves come nearly a year after a shooting rampage at Fort Hood
Was a paid informant, passing along material about King and other civil rights leaders
Agents allegedly took an open-book test together or had access to an answer sheet
