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Taking Action Against Workplace Violence (Learn More, Multi-Video)

By Stefanie Valentic, EHS Today On April 3, 2018, 38-year-old Nasim Najafi Aghdam entered YouTube’s headquarters with a semi-automatic pistol and began shooting company employees. The act of workplace violence at the video...
Demetrius Pitts, an American-born citizen who federal authorities say recently scouted locations in Cleveland to attack people watching Fourth of July fireworks and talked of carrying out additional bombings has been charged with trying to support terrorism.

FBI: Arrest in Alleged July 4 Terror Attack Plot in Cleveland (Multi-Video)

The FBI has arrested a man who plotted to set off a bomb during downtown Cleveland’s Fourth of July parade. Demetrius Nathaniel Pitts, aka Abdur Raheem Rafeeq, aka Salah ad-Deen Osama Waleed,...
Ronald D. Vitiello has been named the Deputy Director for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) effective immediately upon the retirement of Acting Director of ICE, Tom Homan.

ICE & DEA Look to New Leadership Effective Immediately (Multi-Video)

Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen M. Nielsen has announced that Ronald D. Vitiello will serve as Deputy Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), effective Saturday, June 30. He will...
Over 100 lbs of Fentanyl found in hidden in barrels of iron oxide.

Philadelphia CBP Seizes Nearly $1.7M in Fentanyl Shipped from China

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers seized 110 pounds of the deadly opioid fentanyl with an estimated $1.7 million street value Monday in Philadelphia. CBP officers from the Area Port of...
Draper’s FELIX effort aims to develop a suite of lab tools to improve and expedite detection of engineered organisms and overcome current limitations to biodetection.

IARPA Awards Draper Contract to Improve Biodetection Security

Draper has been awarded a three-and-a-half-year $7.8 million contract by IARPA (The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity, National Intelligence Directorate) as part of the FELIX Program to research and develop tools to enable...
John Patrice Hale, sent online threats invoking ISIS, designed to make his internet communications anonymous, which included using Tor and proxy servers.

CA Man Threatens to Kill Sheriff’s Deputies & Others at Courthouse

A South Los Angeles man who made a series of online threats to kill law enforcement personnel and others at the Los Angeles Superior Court’s Inglewood Courthouse, a nearby school, and...
Craig Thayer, United States Marshal for the Eastern District of Washington,

Marshals Lead Ten Day ‘Hopscotch’ Operation, Nabs 62 Wanted Felons

On Wed., June 20, 2018 the United States Marshals Service (USMS), Pacific Northwest Violent Offender Task Force (PNVOTF) ended a ten day long operation (nicknamed “Hopscotch”) in three separate counties that...
The WASP has participated in a series of the Army’s Network Integration Experiment (NIE) and has been recognized as a solution that can support the warfighter.

Drone Aviation Competes in 2018 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Program (Video)

Drone Aviation Corporation, a manufacturer of tethered drones and lighter-than-air aerostats, is pleased to announce the company's WASP Tactical Aerostat has been nominated to compete in the 2018 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards...
A recently released update of the San Francisco-based Lookout, Inc. Mobile Endpoint Security platform offers enhanced endpoint and new mobile phishing protections. The enhanced platform, funded in part by S&T, is now available for iOS and Android operating systems.

DHS S&T Transitions New Phishing Protection for Mobile Devices (Video)

New and enhanced mobile phishing and content protection capabilities are being transitioned to the government and private-sector, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has announced. A recently released update...
CBP’s Border Patrol has stepped up its search and rescue efforts in an attempt to prevent heat-related deaths along the Arizona border. This week, temperatures in Arizona are expected to exceed 115 degrees.

Border Patrol Rescues 64 Illegal Aliens Trapped in Tractor Trailers

U.S. Customs and Border Protection arrested nine U.S. citizens for smuggling 64 illegal aliens in five separate events over the weekend. “In addition to securing and protecting our nation's borders, frontline Border...