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LexisNexis Predicts Top 3 Public Safety Threats in 2018 (Learn More)

Evolving threats of terrorism, drug abuse and human trafficking will be the top three challenges impacting U.S. law enforcement in 2018, according to new predictions by LexisNexis Risk Solutions. While these challenges...
New handheld elemental isotype analysis tool from Thermo Scientific

CBP Deploys New Gemini to Help ID Dangerous Drugs (Learn More, Video)

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations (OFO) at the Detroit Metropolitan Airport recently acquired additional new technology with the ability to sample and identify over 14,000 chemical...
President Donald Trump views prototypes for his long-promised border wall. US Customs and Border Protection picked eight proposals for construction along the San Diego border, which have been tested in a real-world environment.

Trump Suggests US Military Foot the Bill for Border Wall (Multi-Video)

By Eli Watkins, Jeremy Diamond, and Elizabeth Landers, CNN President Donald Trump has privately floated the idea of funding construction of a border wall with Mexico through the US military budget in...
Lenel’s OnGuard 7.4 works on multiple devices

Lenel OnGuard System Approved for US Federal Government Use

Lenel, has received U.S. federal government approval for its new LNL-4420 intelligent system controller with embedded authentication. Following rigorous security vulnerability and interoperability testing for Federal Identity, Credentialing and Access Management (FICAM)...
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers arrest a criminal alien in south Florida as part of a regional law enforcement operation last week. (Image courtesy of ICE)

ICE Arrests 271 Across Florida, Puerto Rico & US Virgin Islands (Learn More)

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE), Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers arrested a total of 271 aliens as part of an enforcement action targeting immigration violators and those who pose...

Man Arrested for Explosives Sent to WH, FBI, Military & Gov’t (Multi-Video)

A 43-year-old Everett resident made his initial appearance in U.S. District Court today charged by criminal complaint with shipping of explosive materials, announced U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes. Thanh Cong Phan was...
DeQuante Hobbs, Jr.

23 Felons Charged in Law Enforce Surge to Reduce Violent Crime

United States Attorney Russell M. Coleman announced that the Louisville Federal Grand Jury returned 21 felony indictments charging 23 individuals this week with multiple counts, including firearms violations, possession and distribution...
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms told reporters at a press conference Monday that the city hasn't decided whether it will make the payment.

Time is Running Out for Atlanta in Ransomware Attack (Multi-Video)

By Vanessa Romo, NPR Time is running out for the city of Atlanta, which was given until Wednesday to pay off the cyberattackers who laid siege to city government data and are threatening to...

Partners to Gauge Risk, Improve Cybersecurity & Insurance Terms

RedSeal, a Winner in the 2017 'ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards Program, and XL Catlin have announced a new, dynamic approach to cyber insurance, which uses an objective measurement of a network’s resilience to help underwriters...
As a police officer, SWAT team commander, and now, chief of police, lessons waiting to be learned from After-Action Reports (AAR) offer our agencies insight & recommendations to leverage against our own response tools & protocols and objectively assess if the solutions we have in place today would have done the job on that tragic day.

AAR Lessons Learned: Contemporary Ways to Enhance School Safety

By Keith Germain, COO, Critical Response Group, Inc. and Chief of Police, Barnegat Township Police Department On February 14th we had yet another mass shooting, this time at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland,...