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Special Units
Federal Agencies to Use Smart Card Ids
All federal government departments and agencies are to begin using smart-card-based identification to enter federal facilities and systems, in accordance with President Bush’s call for a government-wide personal identification standard in August 2004.
March 22, 2005
Patrol
CA, Federal Agencies Foil Terror Plot Involving Military Veteran
A domestic terror plot aimed at "multiple targets" in Southern California was disrupted by federal and local law enforcement agencies, according to sources.
April 29, 2019
Point of Law
Biden Expected to Broaden No-Knock Warrant Restrictions on Federal Agencies
The Justice Department announced in September that it was curtailing the use of “no-knock” warrants by its federal agents. Psaki said Biden is now weighing an expansion to other federal agencies. Agents and officers in Homeland Security, for example, also use the tactic.
February 8, 2022
Special Units
El Paso Area Agencies Seek Federal Grant to Combat Border Crime
The El Paso Police Department is teaming up with a handful of other law enforcement agencies to seek a $5 million federal grant to fight crime along the border.
March 22, 2010
Technology
VirTra Receives Orders Worth $9 Million from 2 Federal Agencies
The orders consist of VirTra’s flagship V-300 and portable V-100 simulators, recoil kits and magazines, V-Threat-Fire devices and other accessories. Service plans are included as well as training and installation.
September 22, 2022
Procedures & Policies
AG Garland Tells Police Organizations to Expect Many More Federal Investigations of Agencies
Garland described the so-called pattern-or-practice investigations as a return to the sort of oversight the Trump administration sharply curtailed, one of the people said.
April 23, 2021
Training
Police Agencies Buried in Resumes
Job seekers are swamping federal, state and local police agencies during the economic downturn, a reversal from recent years when departments struggled to find qualified recruits.
March 11, 2009
Weapons
San Francisco Supervisor Wants LE to Ignore Federal Immigration Law
A city supervisor has introduced a resolution that would urge local law enforcement agencies to ignore tough federal illegal immigration legislation if it becomes law.
March 29, 2006
Patrol
Making a Federal Case
The overwhelming majority of lawsuits filed against police officers and their agencies include both state and federal causes of action.
August 31, 2005
Special Units
Changes Made to Key Federal Security Publication
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is requesting comments on one of the key standards and guidelines developed to help federal agencies improve their security.
August 15, 2006
Patrol
Ohio Agencies Collect $3.4M In Asset Forfeiture
The Department of Justice distributed $3.4 million in asset forfeiture funds to state and local law enforcement agencies in Ohio stemming from three federal cases.
July 10, 2013
Technology
Feds Gave Local Agencies Conflicting Info on Fingerprint Program
Hundreds of e-mails led agencies to believe they could opt out of the mandatory program that provides fingerprints of arrestees to federal authorities. Inconsistent guidance was provided to agencies in e-mails that, at times, were sent from unknown senders.
April 26, 2011
Training
Agencies Simulate Cuban Influx
More than 85 federal and local law enforcement agencies kicked off a two-day exercise in Florida Wednesday to prepare for a possible mass migration from the Caribbean, such as might occur following a change in government in Cuba.
March 7, 2007
Patrol
Federal Agents Rally in Support of Colleague Charged with Murder in Virgin Islands
More than 100 people, including federal agents from numerous agencies, participated in the October rally.
October 24, 2010
The DOJ has ruled that ATF Special Agent William Clark's shooting of a neighbor in 2008 in response to a domestic dispute was justified. However, Clark is facing second-degree murder charges.
Patrol
ACLU Sues Border Enforcement Agencies
he American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit in San Diego federal court Thursday against CBP and DHS, arguing that the agencies did not produce a PERF report that the ACLU requested under the Freedom of Information Act.
May 22, 2014
Patrol
MO Congressman Proposes Bill Requiring Federal Officers to Only Use Force as "Last Resort"
The measure also would require state and local governments to pass similar standards for their police agencies or face a cutoff of federal law enforcement aid.
August 12, 2019
Congressman Lacy Clay (D-MO) has proposed a bill to require federal officers to use force only as a last resort. (Photo: KMOV screen shot)
Technology
More Border-Patrol Drones Being Borrowed by Other Agencies
Federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies are increasingly borrowing border-patrol drones for domestic surveillance operations, a harbinger of what is expected to become the commonplace use of unmanned aircraft by police.
January 15, 2014
Patrol
Utah Agencies Resist Cross-Deputizing Officers for Immigration Duty
Several law-enforcement agencies in Salt Lake County have expressed reservations about partnering with the federal government's immigration enforcer ahead of a new state law that gives them an opt-out option, according to a report from the Salt Lake Tribune.
April 30, 2009
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