On this episode of Inside the FBI, we discuss romance scams and how you can protect your heart and your bank account.

On this episode of Inside the FBI, we discuss romance scams and how you can protect your heart and your bank account.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is on the frontlines of administering the nation’s immigration and naturalization system. The agency, which is part of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), recently released its long-term strategic plan with the objective of allowing the agency’s workforce to “better strengthen its capabilities and help the country reach its highest ideals.”

The U.S. Secret Service National Threat Assessment Center (NATC) released a comprehensive report on mass violence over a five-year period. Mass Attacks in Public Spaces: 2016-2020 is called the most comprehensive report to date on the mass violence (defined as attacks where three or more people, including the attacker, were harmed).

ATF’s National Center for Explosives Training and Research hosts the annual Raven’s Challenge Interoperability Exercise as a national preparedness event that tests interagency partners’ response tactics used to detect and deter explosives/bombing threats.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

A coalition of associations representing government managers wrote a letter to the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force expressing concern over a lack of proper guidance and clear-cut lines of communication for implementing COVID-19 testing and vaccination requirements.

Agencies are to allow employees up to 4 hours of administrative leave to get a COVID-19 vaccination, and up to 2 days of administrative leave following a dose resulting in an adverse reaction, according to the latest guidance from the White House Safer Federal Workforce Task Force released on August 25.

President Joe Biden submitted an alternative pay plan to congressional leaders on August 27 authorizing a 2.7 percent pay raise for most general schedule civilian employees. The raise is effective January 1, 2022.

According to Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) data, instances of hate crime in the United States have risen to the highest number in 12 years. A portion of this increase is due to attacks against Black and Asian Americans. The 2020 data was submitted to the FBI by more than 15,000 law enforcement agencies across the country. The data identified 7,759 hate-crimes in 2020.

This year, the Women in Federal Law Enforcement (WIFLE) 21st Annual Leadership Training took place in Tampa, FL from August 16-19th. The theme was Real Talk: How to Address Law Enforcement Challenges Through Collective Strength. Over 200 women attended the training.

One training session that took place at the Women in Federal Law Enforcement (WIFLE) 21st Annual Leadership Training was called “Blue Suicide Survivors” led by Shelley Jones, Executive Director of the Survivors of Blue Suicide Foundation (SBS).