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Federal law enforcement agencies
ATF - Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
BLM - Law Enforcement Rangers
CBP - Customs and Border Protection officers
DEA - Drug Enforcement Administration
FBI - Federal Bureau of Investigation
ICE - Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents
I.R.S. - Internal Revenue Service
NCIS - Naval Criminal Investigative Service
OSI - US Air Force Office of Special Investigations
U.S. Border Patrol
U.S. Coast Guard Maritime Law Enforcement
U.S. Dept. of Defense Criminal Investigative Service
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (E.P.A.)
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Special Agents
U.S. Forest Service - Law Enforcement Rangers
U.S. Marshals Service
U.S. Park Police
U.S. Postal Inspection Service
U.S. Secret Service
U.S. State Department Bureau of Diplomatic Security
News
The Crime Report and The Crime Report News. A daily briefing on what’s hot in law enforcement and criminal justice, compiled by professional journalists in cooperation with the John Jay College of Criminal Justice.
ProPublica Excellent nonprofit website run by full-time investigative journalists.
Pacific Crime Blog Keep up to date on interesting developments in criminal justice, courtesy Dr. Patrick Jackson, C.J. department chair at Sonoma State.
Crime Library Everything about crime and law enforcement, from the perspective of actual cases.
Trials and Tribulations. Knowledgeable citizen journalists sit in court so you don’t have to. They’ve covered every major criminal trial since O.J. With terrific commentary. A must-read!
Law
FindLaw Links to State and Federal laws and appeals court decisions.
Cornell U.S. Code search Quick links to Federal law
California State law All State codes, fully searchable (if you don’t have a keyword in mind, leave it blank and select a code for a searchable index.)
CFR - Code of Federal Regulations Fully searchable.
United States Code Fully searchable.
SCOTUS blog. What’s in front of the Supreme Court? What are the controversies? You’ll find them here.
Jay’s Law Links Summaries of recent and some historical court decisions in selected areas from my class website. Disclaimer: I’m not a lawyer, so click on the links for the real scoop!
Police Blogs and Forums
PoliceOne Hardcore cop site with all the goodies, including news updates, commentary and feedback from line officers. Strap on that Sam Browne and fire up the PC!
National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund Tracks line-of-duty deaths and honors the fallen. Maintains National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington D.C.
Officer Down Memorial Page Lists line-of-duty deaths and honors the fallen
Portals and Links Pages
FirstGov A portal for everything Federal, from jobs to statistics to reports.
FirstGov Public Safety and Law links FirstGov’s sub-portal for crime and justice.
The Redwood Highway An amazing collection of criminal justice links, hosted by Sonoma State’s Department of Criminology & Criminal Justice.
Dr. Tom O’Connor’s “Mega Links in Criminal Justice” Attention! A great collection from the honcho at Austin Peay State
Dr. Thomas Luzinski’s homepage Scroll down for comprehensive, well-organized links to everything in policing and criminal justice. Simply amazing!
Statistics and Research
Crime Solutions OJP reports on the effectiveness of selected criminal justice programs.
NCJRS - Ntl. Criminal Justice Reference Service Invaluable source for research reports on police, crime and justice.
BJS - Bureau of Justice Statistics Authoritative source on crime and justice statistics.
Uniform Crime Reports Yearly FBI compendium on the bad and the ugly in America. Not for the faint at heart!
Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted 2009 Latest yearly analysis from the UCR, including narratives of incidents resulting in an officer’s death.
National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund Data and information about officer deaths.
Terrorism and extremism
ADL website -- extremism page Comprehensive source of information on extremist groups
Drug abuse and addiction
NIDA easy-to-read drug facts Plain-language website about drugs of abuse and detecting and treating addiction
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