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.
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From the police force that protects our nation’s marine wildlife to the New York cops who deal exclusively in sanitation issues
The failure in top leadership associated with the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting was seen at all levels
The Secret Service said in a statement that it’s committed to making sure the inauguration is safe and secure
The FBI is combing social media and cellphone records to determine who was involved in the destructive security breach
The agent had been working on a task force with Hartford police. Few details were immediately available
A bill passed by the Senate’s veto override last week includes new guidelines for federal officers
This suggests evidence so far doesn’t establish the bomber was motivated by political ideology -- a key factor in formal declarations of terrorism
In 1995 the FBI learned pedophiles were using online chat rooms to communicate with victims, revolutionizing the way agents investigate child sexual abuse
“These answers won’t come quickly and will still require a lot of our team’s efforts,” said an FBI spokesperson
The man delivered firearms suppressors to an undercover FBI employee, believing they were going to Hamas, officials said
The conspiracy charge carries a maximum penalty of life in prison
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It was not immediately clear who was shot and what led to the incident
8,497 law enforcement agencies contributed data on over 7.6 million criminal offenses
A former DEA official says the bill will ‘make a burdensome system’ by requiring foreign agents to share all information they gather with Mexican authorities
The agreement is valued at about $92 million, the largest commitment so far to FirstNet by a law enforcement agency
The man lied when U.S. marshals arrived looking for his friend, the suspect in a Massachusetts shooting, officials said
The proposal would remove diplomatic immunity from DEA agents and require them to hand over information to the Mexican government
A man wanted for shooting a state trooper in Massachusetts last month was killed early Friday
The extent of the agent’s wounds was not immediately known
In some counties, Indigenous women are murdered at a rate ten times the national average
Some of the increases may be the result of better reporting by police agencies, but officials don’t doubt that hate crimes are on the rise
A woman threatened to arrest workers at a Georgia Chick-Fil-A if they didn’t give her a free meal, police said
Federally deputized officers will now be permitted to wear cameras during arrest operations and search warrant executions
The measure orders that the 56 police officers, federally deputized amid civil unrest, only make arrests under state or local law
Attorney General David Yost announced that an anti-human trafficking operation had resulted in 45 missing children being recovered
The FBI said Sunday that it’s investigating the fire that damaged dozens of ballots
Ivan Hunter traveled to Minnesota to incite riot and was in contact with fellow Boogaloo member Steven Carrillo, who’s accused of killing two law enforcement officers, federal authorities said
Federal prosecutors released photos and videos of the men accused in the plot firing weapons, threatening to kill LEOs and testing a TASER
The suit alleges federal agencies overstepped their constitutional limits
Members of the group involved in the alleged plot to kidnap Michigan’s governor also discussed targeting Virginia’s governor, an FBI agent testified
“We’re absolutely more careful,” said First Lt. Mike Shaw of the Michigan State Police. “Law enforcement is the face of the government. If you’re mad at the government, you’re mad at the police.”
