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Time to Submit Nominations for Distinguished Service in Community Policing Award

2024-04-12T15:48:18-05:00

The Department of Justice has launched the Seventh Annual Attorney General’s Award for Distinguished Service in Community Policing. This award recognizes individual state, local, or tribal sworn, rank-and-file police officers, deputies, and troopers for exceptional efforts in innovations in community policing, criminal investigations, and field operations that have proven effective [...]

Time to Submit Nominations for Distinguished Service in Community Policing Award2024-04-12T15:48:18-05:00

Nominations Open for Distinguished Service in Community Policing Award

2024-03-25T19:13:35-05:00

The Attorney General’s Award for Distinguished Service in community policing in the category of “Field Operations for an agency serving over 250,000 residents” was awarded to both Deputy Tanya Garcia and Deputy Esteban Hernandez with the Harris County Sheriff’s Office, Texas. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland today announced the [...]

Nominations Open for Distinguished Service in Community Policing Award2024-03-25T19:13:35-05:00

Drug Enforcement Administration arrests for fentanyl surpass arrests for heroin for first time

2024-03-02T03:58:20-06:00

Drug Enforcement Administration arrests for fentanyl surpass arrests for heroin for first time Arrests by the Drug Enforcement Administration for fentanyl offenses exceeded those for heroin offenses for the first time in fiscal year 2021, according to a new Bureau of Justice Statistics report, Heroin, Fentanyl, and Other Opioid [...]

Drug Enforcement Administration arrests for fentanyl surpass arrests for heroin for first time2024-03-02T03:58:20-06:00

Preliminary 2022 statistics from annual prison and jail data collections now available

2023-09-21T16:45:07-05:00

BJS published Prisons Report Series: Preliminary Data Release and Jails Report Series: Preliminary Data Release through a new, interactive web product. These online releases provide preliminary 2022 statistics on key items from BJS’s annual prison and jail data collections. The prison statistics include all prisoners under the jurisdiction of state and federal correctional [...]

Preliminary 2022 statistics from annual prison and jail data collections now available2023-09-21T16:45:07-05:00

Justice Department Announces $51.86 Million in Grant Awards to Support Victims of Sexual Assault

2023-08-24T13:48:49-05:00

The Justice Department today announced Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) grant funding totaling $51,860,858 to provide victims of sexual assault with services in every state and the District of Columbia, as well as American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. This [...]

Justice Department Announces $51.86 Million in Grant Awards to Support Victims of Sexual Assault2023-08-24T13:48:49-05:00

Operation Cross Country XIII Leads to Identification/Location of Adolescent Victims

2023-08-02T14:05:41-05:00

Note: B-roll from Operation Cross Country XIII operations can be found/downloaded here: Operation Cross Country 2023 B-Roll  The FBI, working with its state and local partners, identified and located 200 victims of sex trafficking during a nationwide enforcement campaign called Operation Cross Country. The operation also led to identification or arrest [...]

Operation Cross Country XIII Leads to Identification/Location of Adolescent Victims2023-08-02T14:05:41-05:00

Final Aryan Circle Gang Member from Missouri Sentenced for RICO Conspiracy

2023-07-19T14:50:20-05:00

From the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs A Missouri man was sentenced today to 20 years in prison for racketeer influenced and corrupt organizations (RICO) charges stemming from his membership in the Aryan Circle (AC), a white supremacy prison gang. According to court documents, Timothy Long, [...]

Final Aryan Circle Gang Member from Missouri Sentenced for RICO Conspiracy2023-07-19T14:50:20-05:00

Cooperation Between United States and Mexican Law Enforcement Leads to Significant Actions Against Transnational Drug Trafficking Organization

2023-07-11T01:38:02-05:00

U.S. and Mexican law enforcement announced significant enforcement actions against a prolific transnational drug trafficking organization operating in Nogales, Sonora, along the U.S.-Mexico border. After extensive bilateral cooperation between the United States and Mexico, Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office, Fiscalía General de la República (FGR) – conducted a significant enforcement operation on June [...]

Cooperation Between United States and Mexican Law Enforcement Leads to Significant Actions Against Transnational Drug Trafficking Organization2023-07-11T01:38:02-05:00

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