Over $30M to Project Safe Neighbor-hoods & Combat Violent Crime
The reinvigoration of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) Program, the centerpiece of the Department of Justice’s violent crime reduction efforts across the country, has been commemorated by U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
Towards that end,...
‘Ricin Poison’ Packages Sent to Pentagon (Learn More, Multi-Video)
By BBC News
Two packages containing a suspicious substance have been found at a Pentagon mail screening facility and sent to the FBI analysis, officials say.
The envelopes, which contained the deadly poison...
Donald Fell Gets Life in Prison for 2000 Carjacking, Kidnapping & Murder
Donald Fell, 38, formerly residing in Pennsylvania pleaded guilty on Friday to murder, carjacking and kidnapping, announced Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S....
FEMA Emerg Alert Test Set for Wednesday (Why? Learn Here, Video)
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), is scheduled to conduct a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) on Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018.
The WEA portion...
6-Times Deported Alien Accused of Homeless LA Murders (Multi-Video)
By Andrew R. Arthur, Center for Immigration Studies (CIS)
According to the Huffington Post, Ramon Escobar is a 47-year-old Salvadoran.
He is also a "convicted felon who has been repeatedly deported from the United States, ...
Vegas Shooting Victims Remembered One Year Later (Learn More, Videos)
By Tim Stelloh, the Associated Press, and NBC News
Hundreds gathered for a sunrise ceremony at an amphitheater in Las Vegas on Monday to mark the one-year anniversary of a mass shooting that left...
PureActiv Video Analytics Competes in 2018 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Program
PureTech Systems, a new competitor to the Annual 'ASTORS' Homeland Security Awards Program, is delighted to announce that PureActiv has been nominated to compete in the 2018 'ASTORS' Awards Program.
PureActiv™ is...
Hackers Warn Capitol Hill on Election Security Ahead of Midterms (Videos)
By Donie O'Sullivan and Sarah Mucha, CNN
The vulnerabilities in America's voting systems are "staggering," a group representing hackers warned lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Thursday -- just over a month before the midterm...
100 Years Ago, Influenza Killed 50M People. Could it Happen Today?
By Doyle Rice, USA TODAY
One hundred years ago, death came with astonishing speed and horrifying agony.
Some influenza patients admitted to a Boston hospital in the morning of October 1918 would be dead by the...
Cofense Competes in 2018 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards Program
We have a problem. Still.
Despite record investments in cyber security technology, the data continues to paint a bleak picture:
91% of breaches start with spear phishing
146 Days – the average time to identify...
