International Law Enforcement
The International Law Enforcement topic provides American law enforcement with police news from around the world, focusing on the latest developments in criminal syndicates, drug cartels, organized crime, and international terrorism. It also follows significant developments and events in other countries and explores how cops in Europe, Asia, Africa, and South America enforce their laws.
Know that it can happen here — quite easily, in fact
In the aftermath of a mass-casualty attack, one of the fundamental things police leaders need to not lose sight of is the importance of relationships with the public and the press
Such attacks are a sign of weakness rather than of strength and highlight the constraints jihadist groups face as they try to project their terrorist capability in the post-9/11 world
A suspect banned from associating with ISIS was dead after Canada’s national police force thwarted what an official said was a suicide bomb plot
After receiving a noise complaint, Rome officers realized there was no crime in progress, just “two souls to reassure”
The group called it an act of reprisal carried out by one of its “soldiers”
Two female cops were wounded by a man wielding a machete outside a police station
A teenager went on a knife rampage through London’s Russell Square, fatally stabbing an American woman and wounding five other people
Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe wrote in the Mail on Sunday newspaper that a London attack was “a case of when, not if”
11-year veteran Officer Mikaela Kellner was off-duty and sunbathing with her friends when a man approached them
The plot was announced by authorities on Thursday when 10 Brazilians were arrested in different states of Brazil
Police officials piecing together a portrait of the shooter said he was seeing a doctor up to last month for treatment of depression and psychiatric problems
Obama said the attack is yet another reminder that people’s way of life, their freedom and ability to go about their everyday business depends on law enforcement
All trains, trams, buses and subways in the city have been shut down during the police operation, and police have urged residents to stay indoors
17-year-old Afghan asylum-seeker who went on a rampage on a train appears to have acted alone, goaded on by online Islamic extremist propaganda
The uncle of the truck driver who killed 84 people on the French Riviera says his nephew was indoctrinated about two weeks ago
There is mounting evidence that Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel had recently absorbed extremist ideas and had become radicalized
Commandos raided the popular restaurant where heavily armed attackers were holding dozens of foreigners and Bangladeshis prisoner
A group of as many as nine gunmen attacked a restaurant popular with foreigners in a diplomatic zone of the Bangladeshi capital on Friday night
Police and firefighters in Rio de Janeiro gathered at the city’s international airport to warn visitors of the possible danger they face
Video captured a Lamorghini driver verbally abusing officers who stopped him
Scenes of chaos and panic unfolded Tuesday night as gunfire and explosions on two different floors sent crowds fleeing first in one direction, then another
60 others were wounded and taken to hospitals
The nation’s medical tactical response team answers the call when mass medical care is needed
A masked man was shot dead Thursday after entering a movie theater with what appeared to be a rifle
The video shows a female officer pushed into a wall and punched in the face by a teen
Since Finland’s independence from Russia in 1917, 130 police officers have been killed while on duty
The nation has been in a state of emergency since the November Paris attacks that killed 130
The driver was eventually caught after police pinned the car against a guardrail
