Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office

US/Canada Comm Interoperability Demo’d Among First Responders

When disaster strikes, we rush to our phones to call friends and family near the affected area to ensure they are safe, or we take to social media for the same...
DEA Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt

DEA: Phone Tip Leads to Seizure of Cocaine & 19K Heroin Envelopes

Joon H. Kim, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York; Charles Gardner, Yonkers Police Department Commissioner (the YPD); and James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of...
“It is an honor to join you today and to stand with the incredible men and women of law enforcement,” said President Donald J. Trump at the 270th session of the FBI National Academy.

Trump Congratulates FBI National Academy’s 270th Class (Learn More)

The FBI’s National Academy, a prestigious 11-week educational program for law enforcement officers from around the world, graduated its 270th class today, and on hand to congratulate the graduates were Director...
Thomas Fire Rages On (Image courtesy of the Santa Barbara County Fire Department via Twitter)

Firefighter Killed Battling Thomas Fire, Winds Pose New Threat (Video)

By Joseph Serna, Brittny Mejia and Javier Panzar, the Los Angeles Times A firefighter died Thursday while battling the Thomas fire as authorities braced for new powerful winds that could pose threats...
James P. O'Neill, Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (Image Credit: Twitter)

O’Neill: We Need Congress, Trump to Help NYPD Foil NYC Terror Attacks

By James O’Neill, New York Daily News via NYPD News Each time we have had a terror attack in New York City, like the bombing attack on Monday morning, the truck attack last...

FBI Releases 2016 NIBRS Crime Reporting Data (Learn More, Video)

The FBI has released information on more than 6 million criminal offenses that were submitted to the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program’s National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) in 2016, and for...
The smartphone’s ability to disseminate and receive important information in real-time holds the potential to change the way law enforcement or investigative services work going forward.

It’s Time to Make Mobile Tech Work for First Responders (Multi-Video)

By Larry Rose and Martin Gillespie, Salient CRGT Recent tragedies have highlighted the growing need to provide first responders, law enforcement officers, and federal officers, who protect the lives of citizens daily,...
Bakersfield Police Chief Lyle Martin

West Side Crips Gang Member Sweep Nabs More than 35 (Multi-Video)

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Bakersfield Police Department, the United States Attorney’s Office, the California Department of Justice, the California Highway Patrol, and the Kern County District Attorney’s Office...
Autopsy—an open-source, digital forensics platform used by law enforcement agencies worldwide to determine how a digital device was used in a crime and recover evidence—is being enhanced with the addition of several new capabilities requested by law enforcement.

S&T Enhancing the Autopsy Digital Forensics Tool

Nearly every crime committed today involves digital media, such as computers and cell phones. In most cases, these devices contain vital evidence, including call logs, location information, text and email messages,...

ICE Arrests 101 in NJ Op Targeting Criminal Aliens (Learn More, Video)

A Mexican national in the country illegally, who has a prior conviction for sexual assault on a minor, is among 101 foreign nationals taken into custody during a five-day operation conducted...