ICE Removes Ex-CDR Accused of ‘False Positive’ Killings (Multi-Video)
Deportation officers from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) on Tuesday removed a former Colombian national army battalion commander accused of human rights violations.
Retired Lt. Col....
ISIS Propagandist Extradited to US to be Arraigned in Brooklyn (Multi-Video)
An indictment was unsealed today charging Mirsad Kandic, 36, a legal permanent resident of the United States who left the United States in 2013, with one count of conspiring to provide...
A Lethal Mix: High-Occ Spaces & Moving Vehicle Threats (Learn More)
From the AST archives: This article was first published after the Barcelona ramming-vehicle attack during the summer and is reprinted here today due to it relevance to what happened in New...
Key Issues Surrounding Concerns with FirstNet (Learn More, Videos)
In the letter below, Don Brittingham, Vice President of Public Safety Policy for Verizon, outlines some of the key issues surrounding their concerns with FirstNet, including:
That the Middle Class Tax...
CBP Nabs Wanted Criminals Arriving in US Aboard Cruise Ships
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers working at the Houston/Galveston Seaport arrested 15 wanted persons in separate incidents in the first month of fiscal year 2018.
The wanted persons were each...
NYC Truck Attack, What We Know – ‘Done for ISIS,’ 8 Dead (Multi-Video)
By Shimon Prokupecz, Eric Levenson, Brynn Gingras and Ray Sanchez, CNN
Authorities found a note in the truck Sayfullo Saipov allegedly used in the New York terror attack claiming he did it in the name of...
Grand Central First Responders for Critical Incident Test New Tech
New York City emergency responders held a critical incident training exercise early Sunday morning at Grand Central Terminal, and tested out some new technologies provided by the Department of Homeland Security...
Joint-Child Abduction Rapid Deploy Team Dev’t Training (Multi-Video)
This week, over 18 law enforcement agencies will be attending a training developed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to assist first responders during the early stages of a child’s...
Congressional Hearings on Misuse of Social Media Platforms (Videos)
The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) released the following statement in advance of tech companies’ upcoming hearings before the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives:
Internet and social media companies have a troubling...
Vigilant Solutions’ New Portable BallisticSearch Analysis (See Video)
Vigilant Solutions, a Finalist in the 2017 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards Program, and a global intelligence and analytics company serving law enforcement agencies, has launched BallisticSearch™.
BallisticSearch is a new product providing law enforcement agencies...
