Tag: law enforcement

Police Union Chief Calls for NYC Council Staffer to Be Fired After Anti-Law Enforcement Posts Emerge

The head of the New York City Police officers union has criticized a New York City Council staffer for allegedly encouraging violence against law enforcement officials during protests following the police killing of George Floyd. Ember Ollom, 28, is a digital press aide who was hired by City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams’s office last fall, according to the…


The Oath: A Warrior’s Core Belief

Commentary When you listen to the National Anthem, do you get tingles that run up your spine? When you see someone in need, do you help? Is there something deep in your core? For us, who raised our right hand and swore the oath, we believe in the oath, and that it is worth dying…


LIVE 12 PM ET: AG Garland Announces Arrests Related to Fentanyl Supply Chain

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, joined by Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco and other law enforcement officials, holds a press conference at 12:00 p.m. ET on June 23 announcing arrests to disrupt the fentanyl precursor supply chain. …


LIVE NOW: AG Garland Announces Arrests Related to Fentanyl Supply Chain

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, joined by Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco and other law enforcement officials, holds a press conference at 12:00 p.m. ET on June 23 announcing arrests to disrupt the fentanyl precursor supply chain. …


AG Garland Announces Arrests Related to Fentanyl Supply Chain

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, joined by Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco and other law enforcement officials, holds a press conference at 12:00 p.m. ET on June 23 announcing arrests to disrupt the fentanyl precursor supply chain. …


House Passes Resolution Denouncing Defund the Police Movement

The U.S. House of Representatives approved a concurrent resolution expressing gratitude for local law enforcement and calling on states to recognize a police officer’s rights to legal counsel when under investigation as part of its observance of National Police Week. Known as House Concurrent Resolution 40 (CR 40) it also calls on states to adopt…


Videos of ATF Visits Spark Concern Among Gun Rights Advocates

Videos of law enforcement agents knocking on doors to question residents about firearms or gun parts they may have purchased are causing alarm in the Second Amendment community online. Aidan Johnston, director of Federal Affairs for Gun Owners of America (GOA), said such encounters have the ingredients for a Ruby Ridge/Waco-type tragedy. “This is an…


‘Probably Organized Crime’: Montreal Police Probe Wave of Arsons, Extortion Attempts

The greater Montreal area has witnessed a notable increase in arsons in recent months, with restaurants, cafés and vehicles the frequent targets. Police and other law enforcement experts say most of the fires are likely tied to extortion attempts by organized crime. “The first common denominator is there’s probably organized crime involved,” André Gélinas, a…


LIVE May 16, 9 AM ET: House Homeland Subcommittee Hearing on Federal Support to State and Local Law Enforcement

The House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement, and Intelligence and the Subcommittee on Emergency Management and Technology hold a joint hearing at 9:00 a.m. ET on May 16 to examine the state of U.S. law enforcement and how the Department of Homeland Security engages with state and local authorities across America to fight crime and terrorists….


RCMP to Begin Field-Testing Body Cameras Ahead of National Rollout

The RCMP says it expects officers in three parts of the country to start field-testing body-worn cameras in the coming days. Members of the RCMP in Nova Scotia, Nunavut and Alberta will have audio and video from the cameras captured and uploaded onto a digital evidence management system. The RCMP says up to 300 cameras…