Steven Wiggins, the person-of-interest in the shooting death of a Dickson County sheriff's deputy is believed to be Armed & Dangerous. DO NOT APPROACH. Call 911!

TN Sheriff’s Deputy Shot & Killed, Search for Gunman Underway (Video)

By Ryan Gaydos, Nicole Darrah, Fox News A Tennessee sheriff’s deputy was killed Wednesday and a manhunt was on for the gunman, officials said. Sgt. Daniel Scott Baker, of the Dickson County Sheriff's Office,...
Are these two faces the same person? Trained forensic face examiners regularly testify about such questions in court. A NIST study measuring their accuracy reveals the science behind their work for the first time, and determined that trained human beings perform best with a computer as a partner, not another person. (Courtesy of J. Stoughton, NIST)

NIST: Facial Recognition Experts Perform Better with AI (Multi-Video)

Facial recognition experts often play a crucial role in criminal cases. A photo from a security camera can mean prison or freedom for a defendant—and testimony from highly trained forensic face examiners inform juries...

NY Man Sentenced to 16 Yrs in Child Sextortion Case (Learn More, Videos)

A man who solicited sexually explicit photos and videos from a minor and distributed them on the Internet was sentenced to 200 months in prison followed by 10 years of supervised...
The Task Force on Extremism in Fragile States is a Congressionally-mandated, bipartisan initiative to recommend a new approach for U.S. policy that targets the underlying causes of extremism and limits the ability of extremist groups to exploit fragile states.

USIP New Task Force on Extremism in Fragile States (Learn More, Videos)

The United States Institute of Peace convened the first meeting of a congressionally-mandated, bipartisan task force of leading defense, diplomacy and development experts to prevent terrorist threats from emerging in fragile states following the...
Howard County police are continuing the search for a man who was reported missing in Ellicott City during the flood Sunday. Eddison Alexander Hermond, 39, of Severn, was last seen in the area of La Palapa near Lot D on Main Street at approximately 5:20 p.m. searching for a missing cat. (Image courtesy of the Howard County Police Department)

‘Devastation’ Follows Ellicott City Flash Flooding, 1 Missing (Videos)

By John Bacon and Christal Hayes, USA TODAY Rescue personnel here were searching Monday for a man missing after rampaging waters roared like a river through the quaint, historic downtown, swallowing cars and flooding stores...
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MS-13 Member Wanted on Murder, Terror Charges Removed by ICE ERO

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) removed an MS-13 gang member from the United States Friday who is wanted in his home country on felony charges...
Former Army police officer Ashley Meiss, 30, who suffers PTSD vanished last week, and distraught family members are pleading the public for assistance in finding her. (Courtesy of GoFundMe)

Please Help Bring Missing Soldier Battling PTSD Home

By Gabrielle Fonrouge and Max Jaeger, NEW YORK POST While folks nationwide fire up the barbecues for the Memorial Day holiday, a military family is scrambling to find its missing soldier daughter. Former...
Noblesville School Shooting Hero Jason Seaman Says Saving Students 'The Only Acceptable Actions' (Courtesy of YouTube)

IN Hero Teacher Home After Stopping School Shooting (Learn More, Videos)

By Rick Callahan, AP, TIME An Indiana science teacher was released from a hospital a day after he was shot while tackling an armed student inside his classroom. Noblesville police Lt. Bruce Barnes...
National Missing Children's Day is an annual observation in the United States designed to highlight the problem of child abduction. It falls on May 25 - on that date in 1979, six-year-old New Yorker Ethan Patz disappeared on his way to school. National Missing Children's Day was first observed in 1983.

National Missing Children’s Day 2018, Help Find Them (Learn More, Videos)

In respect of National Missing Children’s Day, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is asking you to look at the faces of the children here—some who went missing years ago and...
With NICE Inform, NICE has reinvented 911 recording to give emergency communications centers the tools they need to improve their operations today while also preparing for what’s coming next.

NICE Inform Competes in 2018 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards

If it’s not available in your community already, chances are it soon will be. All of the major wireless carriers now provide text-to-911 services to their subscribers, and more than 1,400 PSAPs...