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Newsby Staff WriterMay 28, 2013

Ore. Teen Accused of Plotting School Bombing

Police arrested a 17-year-old West Albany High School student Thursday for plotting a Columbine-style attack on his school using explosive devices.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 22, 2013

FBI Agent Kills Knife-Wielding Boston Suspect In Fla.

A Boston FBI agent shot and killed a man suspected of a triple homicide on Wednesday who had ties to one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects. Ibragim Todashev reportedly "just went crazy" during questioning at an Orlando apartment and attacked the agent with an edged weapon.

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Inside the Badge by Paul ClintonMay 21, 2013

Twitter Comes of Age for Law Enforcement

One of the most lasting lessons that came out of the way law enforcement handled the Boston Marathon bombing came in the Twitterverse, where the Boston Police Department provided a clear beacon for using the social media platform.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 16, 2013

Suspect Scrawled Note Claiming Responsibility for Boston Bombing

The surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect scrawled a note on the cabin wall of the boat where he was captured claiming responsibility for the attacks and expressing his desire to join his dead brother in a Muslim paradise.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 16, 2013

Video: Cop Shot In Boston Manhunt Vows To Return To Duty

Officer Richard Donahue told CBS News he would return to police work following his recovery from the shootout with the Boston Marathon bombing suspects.

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Inside the Badge by Dean ScovilleMay 16, 2013

We Need Smart Cops

I'd sleep better knowing that those tasked with the power of making life or death decisions were those most capable of doing so.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 9, 2013

Boston Top Cop: FBI Didn't Disclose Tsarnaev Probe

The Boston Police Department wasn't informed of a Russian intelligence warning about the Boston Marathon bombing suspect or an FBI probe of the matter, Commissioner Edward Davis told Congress today.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 8, 2013

Chief Begs for Burial Plot for Boston Bomber

The Worcester (Mass.) Police chief issued a public plea to state and federal officials to help bury accused terrorist Tamerlan Tsarnaev to rescue his agency from a $10,000 a day cost of providing security for a funeral home.

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Inside the Badge by Paul ClintonMay 8, 2013

FBI's Evidence Response Teams

The FBI special agents who spearhead regional Evidence Response Team (ERT) units work closely with mostly non-sworn evidence collection professionals to process some of the nation's most challenging crime scenes, including the Boston Marathon bombing.

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Articlesby David GriffithMay 2, 2013

Random Thoughts About a Rough Week

We, and I mean everyone in the United States, have just been through what President Obama called a "rough week."  Americans and American law enforcement rose to meet these horrors and battle this evil in ways that can only make us all proud.

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