Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is investigating hacking attacks targeting the personal computers and accounts of law enforcement involved in the Ferguson investigation, CNN reports. Authorities believe the attacks are coming from hackers affiliated with the group Anonymous. Investigators are trying to determine the extent of the breach. Included in the attacks are personal computers…
By Ross Parker ticklethewire.com The number of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty went up 31% during the first half of 2014, compared to the same time period last year. Of the 67 officers killed, 26 were in traffic-related incidents, 25 were killed by gunfire, and 16 due to job-related illnesses and…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The number of ATF cases recommended for prosecution dropped by a third since 2004, according to data compiled by Syracuse University, the Washington Times reports. Federal investigators and gun law experts said the decline is attributed to a policy change in the Obama administration, which has changed its focus to regulatory-type cases….
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com This is the kind of training you hope to never have to use. Nearly 200 members of various law enforcement agencies converged on a mall in Mobile, Alabama on Sunday for an active shooter exercise, FOX 10 reports. The scenario at Bel Air Mall was a shooter on a rampage after a…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Transgender people are disproportionately harmed by violence – so much so that the Justice Department is training law enforcement how to handle them as crime victims. The idea is to help identify hate crimes and build more trust with law enforcement, the Associated Press reports. “It’s clear that such a training is as…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com John Sandweg, a former defense attorney who became the acting head of ICE in August despite scant law enforcement experience, plans to resign Friday, Fox News reports. Sandweg notified agency employees in a letter that he’s joining the private sector. He offered no explanation for his departure. “Over the past several months…
Ross Parker was chief of the criminal division in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Detroit for 8 years and worked as an AUSA for 28 in that office. By Ross Parker ticklethewire.com In a recent conversation in a Detroit watering hole in metro Detroit with past and present federal agents, the stories of the…
