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Breitbart – by Kristin Tate

Watchdog group Judicial Watch is filing a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against President Obama’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The group is requesting “all records” related to an Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Field Office Juvenile Coordination meeting that took place in February — obtaining such records could shed light onto whether or not the federal government planned major border crisis that occurred this year.

ERO is a division of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that apprehends and removes illegal aliens who “present a danger to national security or are a risk to public safety, as well as those who enter the United States illegally.”   Continue reading “Judicial Watch Sues Feds to Obtain Border Crisis Records”

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CBS News

For the last year, the country’s largest police force has been increasingly concerned about a potential terror attack from the air by a drone armed with a deadly weapon.

Now, they are far along in planning a response to that possible security threat, reports CBS News correspondent Jeff Pegues.

“We look at it as something that could be a terrorist’s tool,” New York Police Department Deputy Chief Salvatore DiPace said.    Continue reading “NYPD scanning the sky for new terrorism threat”

Washington’s Blog

Endless War Is the Agenda

Pulitzer-prize winning reporter James Risen reminds us:

We are now in the longest continuous period of war in American history. And yet there is remarkably little debate about it.

Many Americans assume “because 9/11″.   Continue reading ““We Are Now In The Longest Continuous Period of War In American History””

The Daily Sheeple – by Joshua Krause

It seems like I can’t go a single day without hearing about someone being shot and killed by a police officer. It’s become so commonplace in America, that the news rarely makes national headlines unless police abuse is suspected; and sometimes not even then. Unless you follow organizations like Copblock, you’ll only hear about a fraction of the police shootings that actually occur.

While it appears the U.S. has an incredibly violent police force, many would argue that our cops pale in comparison to police departments around the world. A Recent study from Brazil appears to confirm that belief.   Continue reading “You Won’t Believe How Many People Are Killed by the Police Every Year”

Community Policing Dispatch – by Faye Elkins

As recent events have demonstrated, good relations between police and the public are vital to our safety and well-being. That is why, as the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) celebrates its 20^th anniversary, we celebrate with both pride in our contributions to the nation’s safety and renewed commitment to the work that remains to be done.

We’ve accomplished a great deal since 1994, when Attorney General Janet Reno established the COPS Office in the U.S. Department of Justice to support the goals of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act. Law enforcement agencies nationwide have made vast progress through adoption of community policing strategies for positive, proactive engagement with the public.   Continue reading “The COPS Office: 20 Years of Community Oriented Policing”

KTAR – by Bob McClay

PHOENIX — Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is no stranger to riding in parades in the Valley during his career in office.

Tuesday was no different, but the vehicle that he was riding in at the Phoenix Veteran’s Day Parade was. And the sheriff didn’t seem happy about it.

Arpaio and his wife, Ava, were riding in a Chrysler convertible. When asked about what he thought of the ride, Arpaio implied that it wasn’t his first choice.   Continue reading “Military’s decison leaves Arpaio in a convertible instead of a tank for Phoenix Veteran’s Day Parade”

Vocativ – by M.L. Nestel

The village of Oakley is a tiny speck on a map of Michigan: It has one streetlight, one grain elevator, one church and a couple of bars. If one of its 300 residents gets as much as a DUI, it’s big news around town.

So it makes sense that Oakley relied on a single policeman for decades to protect and serve. He was more than capable of making the town’s half-dozen or so arrests for petty crimes every year all by himself. But in 2008, a new chief arrived in town (the old one had to step down after he was caught stalking a teenage girl), and he began staffing up.   Continue reading “Want to Play Cop? This Town Will Sell You a Badge and a Gun Permit”

Orlando Sentinel – by Matt Pearce

The “Happiest Place on Earth” has some of the strictest airspace in America.

One day last month, an odd pair of security alerts appeared on the Federal Aviation Administration’s website, reminding pilots that they are not allowed to fly into two areas in Southern California and central Florida.   Continue reading “No-fly zones over Disney parks face new scrutiny”

Courthouse News

FORT WORTH (CN) – The federal ban on sale of handguns outside of a person’s state of residence does not violate the Second Amendment, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said in a legal brief.

Federally licensed firearms dealer Frederic Russell Mance Jr. of Texas, and gun buyers Tracey and Andrew Hanson of Washington, D.C., sued Holder and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Director B. Todd Jones in Federal Court in July.   Continue reading “Holder Backs Interstate Gun Sale Ban”

ABC News – by SEAN CARLIN and MARC LEVY, AP

Pennsylvania’s two largest cities sued the state on Monday over a new law that was designed to let the National Rifle Association challenge local firearms ordinances in court.

The lawsuit is the latest fight between Pennsylvania cities trying to curb gun violence and a legislature that has resisted new forms of gun control in a state rich with hunting tradition.

The lawsuit, filed by Philadelphia and Pittsburgh in Commonwealth Court, argues that lawmakers approved the measure in violation of state constitutional provisions designed to promote transparency in the legislative process.   Continue reading “Pennsylvania Cities Sue Over Law on Firearm Rules”

Tech Dirt – by Tim Cushing

Apparently, this graffiti first appeared in a Brownsboro High School boys restroom before making its way across Facebook (as one’s graffiti does), where it was spotted by an increasing number of concerned parents and students. That groundswell of social media handwringing culminated in this:

School and law enforcement officials received information about graffiti on a bathroom stall at Brownsboro High School on Tuesday afternoon and investigated the matter. On Wednesday, the high school student was detained at the beginning of the school day and was questioned. The student was later charged with terrorist threat on a public entity, a third degree felony.  

Continue reading “Student Facing Terroristic Threat Charges After Decorating High School Bathroom With Laughable ‘Satanic’ Graffiti”

New Times – by Ray Downs

The Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office has been selectively taking names of police officers who get arrested off the booking blotter, effectively giving busted cops special treatment over regular folks who get their names, mug shots, and personal information put online for all to see when they get thrown in jail.

A story published Sunday by the Palm Beach Post revealed the practice, which PBSO officials have since admitted to doing. Their excuse is that their computer program doesn’t allow them to scrub officers’ home addresses and birth dates, which is not allowed to be released to the public under state law. And since they can’t take off that information, they decided to just leave police off the record entirely.   Continue reading “When Cops Get Arrested, Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office Doesn’t Put Their Booking Info Online”

Muck Rock – by Michael Morisy

FOI Requests:

• DHS Watchlist Analyst Course materials

Under FOIA, there are three categories of requesters: media, which has the lowest level of fees; all others, which are assessed a moderate levels of fees for covering search and duplication costs; and commercial, which has high fees to cover legal review. A Coast Guard lawyer has ruled that, because MuckRock has readers, it’s commercial, not media.   Continue reading “Homeland Security fights release of Watch List documents — because people might read them”

Judicial Watch, November 5, 2014

“…it has become apparent that the IRS did not undertake any significant efforts to obtain the emails from alternative sources following the discovery that the emails were missing”

(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) admitted to the court that it failed to search any of the IRS standard computer systems for the “missing” emails of Lois Lerner and other IRS officials. The admission appears in an IRS legal brief opposing the Judicial Watch request that a federal court judge allow discovery into how “lost and/or destroyed” IRS records relating to the targeting of conservative groups may be retrieved. The IRS is fighting Judicial Watch’s efforts to force testimony and document production about the IRS’ loss of records in Judicial Watch’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) litigation about the IRS targeting of Tea Party and other opponents of President Obama(Judicial Watch v. IRS (No. 1:13-cv-1559)).  The lawsuit is before U.S. District Court Judge Emmett G. Sullivan.   Continue reading “IRS Admits to Court it Hasn’t Searched for Missing Lerner Emails”

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