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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
Suspect confessed to receiving explosives training in Pakistan
Feds caught him after tapping his phone
Nine members of the milita were going to be released from jail pending trial
All are illegal immigrants; 3 suspected in attack
15,000 LEOs will be getting trained on how to enforce the new measure
Judge tells defense: Prove militia isn’t dangerous
ICE spokesman: No human smugglers arrested, no reports of mistreatment
Police Superintendent Jody Weis said training is different for members of the military and civilian law enforcement officials
Immigrant advocates say they fear being racially profiled
Police Supt. Weis: National Guard isn’t solution to city’s gun violence
DEA: More than 4,300 plants seized
Two-day multi-agency called ‘Allied Shield’ brought down 24 documented gang members
The suspect rammed another car and tried to escape
Van operators are accused of transporting illegal immigrants from the Mexican border to Phoenix
Even though Colorado approved medical pot, the drug is illegal under federal law
Authorities don’t know who the guns belong to or why they were hidden
Federal civil rights chief talks about drastic options for ‘troubled’ NOPD
Video shows three officers involved in beating a student after a basketball victory
Mario Herrera Sanchez was caught unloading 82 pounds of marijuana
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The growing network now covers more than 40 states
Warning comes at a time of heightened attention to far-right extremist groups
12-year-old girl disappeared four days ago
The large-scale drug ring smuggled drugs from Mexico to California and Washington
The self-proclaimed “Christian warriors” trained themselves to attack officers
More than three times the investigations from 2008 to 2009
No indication of run away; FBI regularly helps in possibly abductions
Planned to fake 911 call, kill responding officers
Agents have been training LEOs to identify and dismantle improvised explosives
Other members of the Hutaree militia group plotted to kill officers and bomb a police funeral