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Yesterday, law enforcement officials urged Congress to repeal the current "Tiahrt Amendment" legislation because it prevents police from accessing crime gun trace data. They cited the information as being invaluable, enabling cities to fight illegal gun trafficking more effectively.
Read More →The Cobb County (Ga.) Sheriff's Office has adopted the policy of screening jail inmates to determine if they are illegal immigrants—marking the department as the first in Georgia to embrace the nascent process. Only a handful of law enforcement agencies nationwide currently embrace the practice.
Read More →"Are you holding?" For cops and dopers, this question is the first move in a high-stakes game of hide and seek.
Read More →Amid a swell of gun thefts and crimes, police in Orlando, Fla., are providing cash rewards for tips that help find illegal firearms.
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There are many motivations for stealing cars. Some are taken by kids for so-called “joyrides.” Others are shipped to foreign countries and resold or chopped into parts. And more and more often, stolen cars are used to facilitate other crimes, including burglaries, robberies, assaults, and the transportation of narcotics and smuggled immigrants.
Read More →An Arizona attorney has charged a U.S. Border Patrol agent with murder for fatally shooting an illegal immigrant in January, The Arizona Daily Star reported.
Read More →The New York City Police Department has commissioned a six-month independent review of the way it stops people on the streets, sometimes searching them for illegal weapons, after the release of statistics that showed the department stopped 508,540 people in the five boroughs last year, officials said yesterday.
Read More →Construction began Wednesday on vehicle barriers that will be part of a mix of fencing along the Arizona-Mexico border to discourage illegal border crossings.
Read More →An Ohio sheriff known for his activism against illegal immigrants said his office has been approved for a federal program that provides local authorities some immigration enforcement powers.
Read More →Safecops.com, a New Jersey based law enforcement consulting company, will be conducting two contraband interdiction seminars in the month of January. “Safe Contraband Interdiction” is designed to give all officers, no matter their level of experience, the skills and confidence to detect, contact, and intercept criminals moving illegal goods through their jurisdictions.
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