Combating illegal narcotics trafficking requires coordinated efforts across the law enforcement community. Watch how the Federal Bureau of Investigations works with other law enforcement components on the FBI Joint Opioid and Darknet Enforcement (JCODE) team.

Secretary of the Department of the Interior (DOI) Deb Haaland signed a memo last week creating a task force to review law enforcement policies and procedures across the department. The memo cites the June 2021 Office of Inspector General (OIG) report “Review of U.S. Park Police Actions at Lafayette Park" as an impetus for the task force creation.

In recent years, federal law enforcement officers have been the subject of increasing scrutiny from the media, public, and politicians.

Law enforcement is constantly evolving to meet the ever-changing needs of the average citizen. This video discusses one officer’s take on a shift that is needed in the relationship between police and the communities they serve and protect.

The Department of Justice announced its findings relating to an investigation into the Narcotics Bureau of the Springfield, Massachusetts Police Department (SPD) this week. The DOJ found reasonable cause to believe the bureau engaged in a “pattern or practice of using excessive force in violation of the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution.”

Law enforcement officers across the country are using TikTok, a social media app, to connect with youth in their communities. Here is a compilation of cop TikToks.

Congressional Democrats introduced a legislative package this week to address policing issues as law enforcement accountability makes national headlines. The 135-page package entitled the Justice in Policing Act includes a host of changes to federal and state law enforcement practices and increases federal oversight over state and local police departments.

In October 2016, Little Rock, AR Police Officer Dennis Hutchins shot and killed Roy Lee Richards, Jr. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit recently found that Officer Hutchins’s shooting of Richards, who possessed a pellet gun, was unreasonable under the Fourth Amendment, and denied Officer Hutchins qualified immunity.