The Senate passed H.R. 2137, the Federal Law Enforcement Self-Defense and Protection Act, which will give federal law enforcement officers the ability to carry their government-issued firearms and credentials during periods of a government shutdown or furlough.
Read More →New legislation proposes the creation of a Bureau of Criminal Investigation within the main Treasury.
Read More →Today, Senator Corey Book introduced the Law Enforcement Officers Equity Act, which would amend the definition of "law enforcement officer" to include uniformed officers from the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and the Department of Veterans Affairs Police Department.
Read More →"Reversing policies that have significantly decreased crime and replacing them with new initiatives that would unleash thousands of violent offenders is in no way a reasonable proposition."
Read More →Following Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney's refusal to reverse the city's sanctuary city policy, Senator Pat Toomey has re-introduced the "Stop Sanctuary Policies and Protect Americans Act," which FLEOA supports.
Read More →Today, the national president of the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association praised the introduction of legislation in the House and Senate to enhance the safety of frontline U.S. Probation Officers.
Read More →A White House event regarding the economic impact of the criminal justice system held today should have included law enforcement on the panel, FLEOA asserts.
Read More →Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr. of Milwaukee County, WI, was given the Law Enforcement Leader of the Year Award from the Federal Law Enforcement Officer Association Foundation (FLEOA).
Read More →"Terrorism has been an international scourge and has struck every corner of our globe. Only through the combined transnational efforts of law enforcement agencies can these murders be deterred and our enemies defeated."
Read More →Following Apple Inc.'s refusal of a duly issued federal court order to assist the FBI in the procurement of data from the phones of the terrorist attackers in the San Bernardino, CA, shooting, the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association National President Nathan Catura issued the following statement.
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