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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/Justice & Law 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.

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.

ABA Journal’s “Legal Rebels” project Legal innovation may not be as far-fetched as you think!

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!

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’s  Ft. Campbell branch

Dr. Thomas Luzinski’s homepage Scroll down for comprehensive, well-organized links to everything in policing and criminal justice. Simply amazing!

Statistics and Research

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 2008 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


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