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
The groups included local chapters of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the American Civil Liberties Union
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
“The criminal activity of the New England La Cosa Nostra has been severely disrupted,” FBI agent said
Agent Daniel Leyman said investigators found at least nine firearms in or near the car
Nationwide, an estimated 1.2 million violent crimes occurred in 2010
Bulger was captured in June in Santa Monica, Calif.
Much of the NYPD’s intelligence-gathering was conducted by a secret team called the Demographics Unit
The hacker group has the attention of the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security and other federal investigators
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
Men were convicted of conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction
The change comes at the request of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Phoenix
David Petraeus retired last week after 37 years in the Army
Sean Joyce has been named the agency’s new deputy director
Elliot Doxer, 43, believed the FBI agent was an Israeli spy
The task force has had an estimated 1,500 suspects arrested so far in 2011
Information from the app can be emailed to authorities in an emergency
Albuquerque Police Officers Association President Joey Sigala said that APD officers have already been cleared criminally and internally
A 20-month law enforcement effort called Operation Delego has led to child porn charges for 72 people, according to documents unsealed in Shreveport (La.)
The “Ammonium Nitrate Security Program” would require those who purchase, sell or transfer at least 25 pounds of the chemical in the U.S. to register with the government so that they may be screened
An FBI dive team recovered nearly 7.5 tons of cocaine in a semi-submersible craft which had sunk off the coast of Honduras near the Nicaraguan border
Group VII was supposed to be leading the way with operation ‘Fast and Furious’
Some estimates show that Congress codifies more than 50 new criminal offenses a year — who do you figure is going to most often hear about that from our society’s malcontents and miscreants?
Officer’s job change on hold due to a shooting probe
Justice officials say they’ve traveled to sometimes remote areas to hear from tribal leaders
Federal law enforcement can be divided into eight primary divisions
Emigdio Preciado pleaded guilty to assault on a peace officer
San Diego police are leading the investigation of the incident in which a U.S. Border Patrol agent shot and killed a Mexican man who was allegedly trying to sneak across the border
After an international manhunt, the FBI caught 81-year-old James ‘Whitey’ Bulger and longtime girlfriend Catherine Greig at an apartment near Los Angeles
Policy directs ICE officers to use ‘appropriate discretion’ to make sure victims and witnesses to crimes are not put into deportation proceedings
