Law enforcement

March 14, 2008 -- WORCESTER – A Massachusetts Army National Guardsman was arraigned in Worcester District yesterday in connection with allegedly accessing and disseminating information from law enforcement data bases and the driving record of his former girlfriend. Earle Hoffman, age 39, of Lowell, is charged with Unlawful Dissemination of CORI Records (2 counts).    » read more »

March 13, 2008 -- In a speech to the Economic Club of Detroit in May 1999, Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., committed to speak often on the issue of gun crimes. To date, he has made 272 Senate speeches on gun crimes since 1999; his remarks follow:    » read more »

March 12, 2008 -- WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Barack Obama released the following statement on the Senate's passage of the Second Chance Act of 2007 (S.1060). Obama is a cosponsor of this legislation.    » read more »

Eight arrested, methamphetamine, marijuana, cocaine, hash, guns, U.S. currency seized

March 13, 2008 -- SANTA ROSA -- California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced that California Department of Justice agents yesterday arrested eight suspects in connection with a Santa Rosa drug distribution ring and methamphetamine laboratory in the town of Winton.    » read more »

Federal funds are for local, “front-line” anti-crime and drug enforcement efforts

March 3, 2008 -- Calling the funding essential to the operation of state crime and drug enforcement efforts, the 56 Attorneys General from all jurisdictions of the United States today issued a letter calling on Congressional leaders to restore funding to the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program.    » read more »

March 4, 2008 -- Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell today held a news conference at a rest area on Interstate 95 in Fairfield County to highlight the elements of her budget proposals that stress traffic and highway safety, including the addition of 100 new state troopers devoted exclusively to enforcing traffic laws and two new Department of Motor Vehicles “truck squads” to target companies with a history of safety violations.    » read more »

March 03, 2008 -- (WASHINGTON, D.C.) -- New Mexico Attorney General Gary King today joined attorneys general from all jurisdictions of the United States in asking Congress to restore funding to the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program.

Byrne-JAG is currently the only source of funding available to local and state law enforcement for multijurisdictional drug enforcement, including methamphetamine initiatives, and is a critical source of funds for drug courts, law enforcement collaboration, gang prevention, and prisoner reentry programs.    » read more »

March 3, 2008 -- WASHINGTON, D.C. – Montana Attorney General Mike McGrath on Monday joined all of the nation's attorneys general in sending a letter to Congressional leaders asking them to restore funding to the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program.    » read more »

March 3, 2008 -- Calling the funding essential to the operation of state crime and drug enforcement efforts, Maine Attorney General Steve Rowe, joined by the 55 other Attorneys General from all jurisdictions of the United States today issued a letter calling on Congressional leaders to restore funding to the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program (Byrne-JAG).    » read more »

March 03, 2008 -- Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway joined 55 other Attorneys General from all jurisdictions of the United States today in requesting that Congressional leaders restore funding to the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program. The Byrne-JAG Grants provide essential funding for the operation of state crime and drug-enforcement efforts.    » read more »

March 3, 2008 -- Calling the funding essential to the operation of state crime and drug enforcement efforts, Kansas Attorney General Steve Six today called on Congressional leaders to restore funding to the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program. Six joined Attorneys General from all jurisdictions of the United States in urging Congress to restore funding that helps law enforcement agencies fight crime.    » read more »

Grant funds support essential criminal justice programs in Florida

March 3, 2008 -- TALLAHASSEE, FL - Calling the funding essential to the operation of state crime and drug enforcement efforts, Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum today joined 55 other Attorneys General from all jurisdictions of the United States as they collectively called on Congressional leaders to restore funding to the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program.    » read more »

Washington, DC - 02/28/2008 - For the first time in history more than one in every 100 adults in America are in jail or prison—a fact that significantly impacts state budgets without delivering a clear return on public safety. According to a new report released today by the Pew Center on the States’ Public Safety Performance Project, at the start of 2008, 2,319,258 adults were held in American prisons or jails, or one in every 99.1 men and women, according to the study.    » read more »

February 22, 2008, Austin, TX - United States Senator Barack Obama issued the following statement today after learning of the death of the police officer guarding Senator Hillary Clinton's motorcade in Dallas:

"I was deeply saddened to hear about this tragic accident, and my thoughts and prayers go out to the family of the fallen police officer, Victor Lozada-Tiada. This is a painful reminder of the risks our law enforcement officers undertake each day in the service of others, and why they deserve not only our gratitude, but our abiding respect and admiration."    » read more »

Bank Secrecy Act

February 21, 2008 -- To aid law enforcement efforts against financial crimes, under the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) depository institutions must file the Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network's (FinCEN) currency transaction report (CTR) form on their customers' cash transactions of more than $10,000. While FinCEN's regulations allow institutions to exempt certain customers, over 15 million CTRs were filed in 2006.    » read more »