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The House of Representatives has approved a package of child protection legislation that would create a national Amber Alert child kidnapping notification network as well as strengthen the nation’s child pornography laws.
Read More →The National Equipment Register (NER) has released a guide to investigating theft of heavy equipment, available free to all law enforcement officers.
Read More →California has lost track of more than 33,000 convicted sex offenders, although a law requires all rapists and child molesters to register each year
Read More →Karen Shook, a 49-year-old former bank teller who was sentenced to at least 20 years in prison in 1993 for arranging a drug deal, could be paroled 10 years early under legislation expected to be signed by the governor of Michigan within the next week to eliminate mandatory minimum sentences for drug crimes.
Read More →Several criminologists dispute a new report by a private publishing company that ranks unsafe cities, saying the ranking is based on flimsy and flawed methods.
Read More →Springfield Police Chief John Harris has asked the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE) to evaluate his department's practices in a request that surprised most of the staff, according to the State Journal-Register.
Read More →A House panel pushed forward with legislation to arm pilots, despite strong opposition from the Bush administration.
Read More →Despite a statewide vote rejecting it, the House overwhelmingly approved legislation that allows Missouri sheriffs to issue permits for concealed weapons.
Read More →WASHINGTON, D.C. – President Bush signed legislation to make the nation’s airport baggage screeners federal employees to enhance airport security.
Read More →WASHINGTON -- Congress may include H.R. 218 in terrorism fighting legislation today. The passage of the bill would allow qualified off-duty and retired law enforcement to carry their firearms nationwide to thwart and deter criminal activity.
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