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.
As tensions escalate overseas, local agencies may face heightened risks from lone-actor attacks, soft-target threats and possible cyber retaliation
Two decades after 9/11 reshaped intelligence sharing, evolving threats and fading collaboration are exposing gaps that law enforcement must urgently rebuild
As Congress disputes immigration policy, a DHS shutdown disrupts grants, training and federal partnerships that state and local agencies rely on for operational support
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
A multi-agency law enforcement team raided the camp with air support from the Oregon Army National Guard on U.S. Forest Service land
In the post 9/11 world, we now know if active shooters or terrorists take over a hotel, public event, or school, they probably have no interest in escape
Union Pacific spends $3.6 million a year on its own police officers and has spent another $72.5 million supporting federal efforts on the U.S.-Mexico border
Court papers call men in NYC bomb plot ‘ticking time bombs’
The search for the seven-year-old has cost more than $1.4 million