Archive for January 2024
FBI Releases 2023 Year in Review
In 2023, the FBI faced a growing and evolving threat spectrum—from an uptick in violent and bias-motivated crimes to increasingly elaborate cyberattacks to a rise in more potent drugs like fentanyl. A look back over the past 12 months shows the diversity of law enforcement and intelligence challenges facing the 115-year-old Bureau. While the year…
Read MoreUs Hits Iraq Militia Sites And Anti-Ship Missiles In Yemen As Fight With Iranian Proxies Intensifies
The U.S. military struck three facilities in Iraq and two anti-ship missiles in Yemen operated by Iranian-backed militias that have attacked U.S. personnel and ships in the region as the United States tries to keep the Israel-Hamas war from spilling over into a wider conflict. Both the strikes in Iraq and Yemen late on Tuesday…
Read MoreUK police to counter hostile state threats with new unit
British police said on Friday they had set up a new unit to counter threats posed by China, Russia and Iran, saying they were very concerned about risks ahead of a national election expected this year. Assistant Commissioner Matt Jukes, Britain’s head of counter-terrorism policing, said the evidence and the sense among his officers was…
Read MoreNYPD probing reported chemical attack against students during pro-Palestinian protest at Columbia
The New York City Police Department is investigating reports that students were attacked with a chemical spray last week during a pro-Palestinian protest at Columbia University, causing several people to seek medical treatment. The spraying student described occurred during a student-led divestment protest at the Ivy League campus Friday afternoon against the ongoing war in…
Read MoreMexican Mafia Associates Sentenced to Lengthy Prison Terms
Marquella Marshall and Marsha Delacruz were sentenced in federal court today to 180 months and 48 months in prison, respectively, for their parts in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy that operated in San Diego jails. According to court records, Marshall, a Texas resident who previously lived in San Diego, is an Eastside San Diego street gang…
Read MoreStudy by civil rights group says D.C. police gang database is unreliable.
A new report claims a gang-related list that D.C. police maintains is unreliable and may make life harder for innocent people. “There are six criteria on how you get on the DC Gang Database, and they are not based off criminality,” said Carlos Andino, lead author of the report and associate counsel at the Washington…
Read MoreAre more violent clashes ahead with fearless super-gangs?
From inside the Maricopa County Jail, one of the nation’s largest, Frank Marcell sees straight into the future…and the view isn’t pretty. Among the trends he believes have become “more fully corroborated” in the last several months are these: Understanding the full impact of these trends and how they affect law enforcement, Marcell says, begins…
Read MoreWhy you need security threat group intelligence in your jail.
The thwarting of inmate plans for escape, drug trafficking, gang activity or assaults does not occur by chance. It’s no secret to any officer that drug cartels, gangs and other forms of organized crime are alive and well in many of our nation’s jails and prisons. The flourishing drug trade in the United States has…
Read MoreIntelligence gathering in jails and prisons: Mission & process.
Five key factors make up the mission of security threat group intelligence gathering operations in a correctional setting. n the first article in this series, I discussed the reasons why intelligence gathering in jails and prisons is needed: the growing number of inmates with ties to drug cartels, gangs, extremist groups and other security threat…
Read MoreKey principles of security threat group intelligence operations in jails.
When analyzed in abstract terms, the intelligence process sounds vague, complicated and difficult to execute. This need not be the case. In the first article in this series, we examined the “why” of security threat group intelligence operations in jails, and in the second article, we defined the “what”—the mission and process. To come full…
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