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
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
Ruling opens door for states, Congress to mandate verification
Woman yells that a TSA officer “just molested” her in Phoenix airport
Special Agent Timothy S. Briggs suffered a fatal heart attack on May 31
The Fair Sentencing Act reduces penalties for crack cocaine offenses in order to reduce the disparity with powder cocaine penalties
The lawsuit against John Ashcroft, attorney general from 2001 to 2005, stemmed from comments he made shortly after 9/11 that the government would preventively detain people suspected of terrorist ties
Alleged abuses include harassment of racial minorities, false arrests, and excessive use of force
The roundup of arrestees began Tuesday morning and was the result of a long-term undercover probe by the FBI, the IRS, and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation
Tucson sector agents patrol every area surrounding a pond that is home to the endangered desert pupfish
The connection between criminal activity — whether one might consider it ‘organized’ or not — and terrorist organizations has history that continues to this very day
The bureau’s preliminary statistics for 2010 are based on information from more than 13,000 law enforcement agencies
Boss of Philadelphia mob, his alleged lieutenant and 11 others hit with federal racketeering and gambling charges Monday
Poisonings left 7 dead in 3 days; bureau seeking DNA from “numerous individuals”, including Kaczynski
The U.S. will use its military might to strike back if it should come under a cyberattack that threatened national security, Obama says
Plot involved a New York City synagogue; men could face state terrorism charges
The alerts represent a substantial shift in the federal government’s dealings with local law enforcement since 9/11
The FBI says it arrested 65-year-old Norberto Gonzalez Claudio on Tuesday in the southern mountain town of Cayey
A man suspected in the pipe bombing of a Jacksonville mosque was shot and killed by FBI agents in Oklahoma
Derek Hotsinpiller became the first deputy U.S. marshal killed by gunfire in 19 years
Public safety staffing and hiring grants are among the areas affected in the cuts, with one program losing $52 million
