By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com For some citizens, it might be fun to fantasize about what it would be like to be an FBI agent. The key is to leave it at just that: a fantasy. That didn’t happen in Austin, Tex. Police there are trying to find out about anyone who might have been pulled…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com What part of “don’t bring guns to the airport” don’t people understand? It still fails to amaze. As part of an occasional story on the issue, we report that 31 people from Jan. 23 to Jan. 29 were caught at airport checkpoints in the U.S. with guns, according to the…
By Robert Barnes Washington Post WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday that police must obtain a search warrant before using a GPS device to track criminal suspects. But the justices left for another day larger questions about how technology has altered a person’s expectation of privacy. Justice Antonin Scalia wrote that the government…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Racial profiling might seem lucrative, but the cost of doing business will eventually catch up. A Florida police officer who was arrested for stealing cash from Hispanics he pulled over was sentenced to three years in prison on Tuesday, reports the Miami Herald. Mark Ott’s sentence comes eight months after a…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Provisions which allowed local law enforcement officials more choices in complying with the federal Secure Communities immigration enforcement program will be “streamlined” or “eliminated,” bringing law enforcement groups in line with federal mandates, reports the LA Times. The information-sharing program between the FBI and local law enforcement, which allows the FBI…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Things are about to change in Connecticut. Following the Justice Department’s discovery of a pattern of discrimination in one town, law enforcement officials have announced they will ramp up efforts to crack down on racial profiling, Fox News Latino reports. Police Departments are supposed to track potential racial profiling by officers…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Despite fiery rhetoric from congressional Republicans, it appears that botched gun-walking programs have not completely soured relations between Mexican and US federal law enforcement. Fox News Latino cites a Spanish-language news report that at least 80 former employees of the Mexican government are currently working for US agencies as spies. The La…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Add five years to the Danziger Bridge prison time count. A former New Orleans police officer was sentenced Thursday to five years for his role on the bridge in the days following Hurricane Katrina, according to a Justice Department statement. Robert Barrios rode with other officers in a large Budget rental…
