Queens Man Sentenced for ISIS-Directed Terrorist Attacks in NYC

Munther Omar Saleh, 22, of Queens, New York, was sentenced on Tuesday to 18 years in prison, to be followed by a term of 10 years’ supervised release. Saleh pleaded guilty on...
Researchers funded by NIJ studied the effects of Florida laws to address the opioid epidemic and found that they did indeed help reduce the number of “pill mill” clinics. (Image courtesy of the AP, the Florida Department of Public Safety and YouTube)

FL Legislation Helps Reduce the Number of ‘Pill Mills’ (Multi-Video)

By NIJ Florida is one of the states that has been hardest hit by the prescription drug abuse epidemic. In 2010, more people died in Florida from opioids than from cocaine. In the same...
Tempe Fire Medical Rescue Department Captain Kyle Brayer was killed in Scottsdale on Sunday morning

Marine Vet, Tempe FD Captain Murdered in Scottsdale (Multi-Video)

By LiAna Enriquez and AZ Family .com News Staff Scottsdale police announced Sunday evening they arrested a suspect in connection with the fatal shooting of an off-duty Tempe Fire Medical Rescue Department...

Facebook Changes Concern Local Police & Gov’t Agencies (Multi-Video)

Written by Hanna Kozlowska, the Quartz Immediately after a 15-year-old started shooting a handgun inside his western Kentucky high school last week, the state’s police turned to Facebook to warn and inform the greater community. The...
Deputy Micah Flick died in the line of duty on February 5, 2018

1 Deputy Killed, 4 Injured Responding to CO Motor Vehicle Theft (Video)

By Kathleen Foody and P. Soloman Banda, AP and TIME A Colorado sheriff’s deputy was shot and killed on Monday, the third officer to be gunned down in the line of duty...
According to the Fire Protection Research Foundation (NFPA section 1710) response time or, more specifically, turnout time (is the time from station-acknowledged notification of the emergency until the time the response apparatus leaves the station.) The NFPA standard calls for a turnout time of 60 seconds or less 90 percent of the time or better.

Firefighter Turnout Times: How Important is Time of Day?

Station design can play a very big role in turnout times, right? Well, maybe not quite as much as previously thought. While many research studies have emphasized that station design is a big...

Reward for Info Leading to Capture of Human Trafficking Ring Leader

Special agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) have announced that the reward for information leading to the capture of the accused leader of a sophisticated...
Steve Jones, Allied Universal CEO

Allied Universal Acquires Philadelphia-Based Covenant Security Services

Allied Universal, Triple Recipient of 2017 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards, has announced acquisition of Covenant Security Services, Ltd., a Philadelphia-based security firm, which is a division of Covenant Services Worldwide. “Adding such a well-established company...
Microholograms protect documents, stamps, products, etc. by blending tiny metallic particles of the size from 40 micrometers to half a millimeter into plastic, paper, foil, etc. which contains a complete hologram on each particle.

Anti-Counterfeit Microholograms by Optaglio, Now Extremely Resistant

Optaglio, an anti-counterfeit research organization and the global leader in high-resolution security holograms, has introduced extremely resistant microholograms. Documents, products, seals or other items can be equipped with a hologram to ensure anti-counterfeit...
An Amtrak passenger train collided with a freight train in South Carolina with reports of at least two people dead and over 50 others injured, according to the rail company. (Image courtesy of CNN, Google Maps and YouTube)

2 Dead, 70 Hurt: Amtrak Train Collides with Freight Train in SC (Video)

By Meg Kinnard, Associated Press and ABC News A crash between an Amtrak passenger train and a CSX freight train in South Carolina on Sunday killed two people and injured about 70 others, authorities said. The...