Tag: Undercover Investigations: Page 5

Special Units

How To Improve Back-up for Undercover Units

POLICE

These methods will help SWAT officers and undercover agents improve coordination when dealing with higher-risk violators.

January 16, 2013

Patrol

N.Y. Man Killed Attempting To Rob Undercover Cops

A career criminal was fatally shot when he attempted to rob a drug dealer and two undercover New York City police officers with an air pistol that closely resembled a handgun.

December 9, 2012

Training

U.S. Marshal Accused of Blowing Fed Agent's Cover

A deputy U.S. Marshal has been arrested for allegedly disclosing the identity of an undercover agent who had infiltrated a Texas drug trafficking organization.

December 3, 2012

Patrol

4 Calif. Men Arrested In Terror Plot

The FBI has arrested four Southern California men who planned to join a "violent jihad" and attack U.S. military bases in Afghanistan.

November 19, 2012

Patrol

Feds: Man Planned Attack on N.Y. Federal Reserve

Federal prosecutors on Wednesday accused a 21-year-old Bangladeshi man of conspiring to blow up the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, saying that he tried to detonate what he believed was a 1,000-pound bomb in a van he parked outside the building in Lower Manhattan.

October 16, 2012

Patrol

Family Files Claim for Border Agent Shooting On Car Hood

The family of a woman who was fatally shot by a Border Patrol agent after she struck him with her car filed a claim to sue the agency for wrongful death.

October 15, 2012

Patrol

Texas Woman Who Outed UC Officer Charged with Retaliation

A North Texas woman has been charged with retaliation after being accused of posting an undercover police officer's photo on Facebook and identifying him by his job.

October 15, 2012

Women in Law Enforcement

How To Stay Safe During a John Sting

The male and female officers who take on the undercover assignment as a prostitute often struggle with how far to carry the "walk and talk" to make a good case. The balance is no different in vice operations than when making a good drug arrest. The undercover (UC) officer must blend into the crowd, as well as lead the conversation in a safe and lawful way.

July 1, 2012

Patrol

Fla. Deputy Solicits Fellow Cop In John Sting

A Broward County (Fla.) Sheriff's deputy allegedly propositioned a fellow deputy working undercover during a prostitution sting to catch johns.

June 17, 2012

Special Units

Shots Fired: Oakland, California 08/27/2010

After serving several DEA warrants in Oakland, Fremont, Calif., police officer Todd Young and his partner headed into East Oakland in hopes of locating a wanted Union City gang member whose ex-girlfriend had said that he'd been hanging out in the area. The officers were met with gunfire, when they located their suspect.

June 12, 2012

Patrol

Sheriff: Fla. Man Lunged at Deputy Before Fatal OIS

A 24-year-old Florida man tried to choke the plainclothes Palm Beach County Sheriff's deputy who fatally shot him, Sheriff Ric Bradshaw told the media at a press conference.

May 20, 2012

Patrol

Anarchists Planned Bombing of Cleveland-Area Bridge, 2 LE Centers

FBI agents arrested five members of an anarchist group Monday who are charged with planning to bomb an Ohio bridge and identifying other targets including a justice center, fusion center, second bridge, Federal Reserve Bank, and Ku Klux Klan location.

April 30, 2012