• D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier on Post-9/11 Info Sharing
• BY: Caroline Cournoyer   |   Washington, D.C.   |   March 3, 2012
• Speaking at the annual AFCEA Homeland Security Conference, D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier discussed the importance of information sharing in public safety and the improvements the region has made since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

• Arizona Gov. Asked to Testify Before Immigration Law Heads to Court
• BY: Caroline Cournoyer   |   Nation   |   February 24, 2012
• Before the U.S. Supreme Court hears the arguments for and against Arizona’s controversial immigration law, the leader of a Senate immigration panel wants to hear the governor’s opinion on the issue.

• Newark Mayor Seeks Probe of NYPD Muslim Spying
• BY: The Associated Press   |   New York City   |   February 23, 2012
• In Newark, New Jersey, Mayor Cory Booker said he was offended by the NYPD's secret surveillance of his city's Muslims.

• NYPD Monitored Muslim Students All Over Northeast
• BY: The Associated Press   |   Northeast   |   February 21, 2012
• A report, along with other documents obtained by The Associated Press, reveals how the NYPD's intelligence division focused far beyond New York City as part of a surveillance program targeting Muslims.

• DHS Appoints Public Advocate for Immigration Enforcement
• BY: The Associated Press   |   Nation   |   February 7, 2012
• The Homeland Security Department has appointed a public advocate to handle complaints and questions about its immigration enforcement policies.
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• Cities Give Google Cloud-Based Email Mixed Reviews
• BY: Steve Towns   |   February 2012
• Some cities have switched to the cloud with ease, but Los Angeles, for example, had to abandon it for law enforcement because of outdated security policies.

• Conservatives Question the War on Drugs
• BY: Alan Greenblatt   |   February 2012
• Some surprising political figures like New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie have started questioning how effective U.S. drug policy is.
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• CIA to Remove Officer from NYPD After Internal Probe
• BY: The Associated Press   |   New York City   |   January 26, 2012
• A CIA operative's unusual assignment inside the New York Police Department is being cut short after an internal investigation probed how the NYPD, working in close collaboration with the CIA, set up spying operations that put Muslim communities under scrutiny.

• Obama Calls on Congress to Pass DREAM Act
• BY: Caroline Cournoyer   |   Nation   |   January 25, 2012
• In his third State of the Union address, the president asked Congress to bring the DREAM Act, which would make it easier for illegal immigrants younger than 16 to become citizens and afford college, back to life after it failed last year.

• Tornado Creates Worries in Bankrupt Alabama County
• BY: The Associated Press   |   Center Point, Ala.   |   January 25, 2012
• After months of hearing how Jefferson County, which filed the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history in November, is broke, residents are curious about how much local assistance is available to help them recover from recent tornadoes that killed two and wiped out scores of homes and businesses.

• Romney Favors 'Self-Deportation'
• BY: The Associated Press   |   Tampa, Fla.   |   January 24, 2012
• Mitt Romney said in Monday's GOP debate that he favors what he calls "self-deportation" over policies that require the federal government to round up illegal immigrants and return them to their home countries.
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• More Than 1,600 Deportation Cases Set to Close
• BY: The Associated Press   |   Nation   |   January 20, 2012
• The Obama administration has recommended canceling deportation proceedings for more than 1,600 illegal immigrants in Denver and Baltimore not considered a national security or public threat.
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• Authority for NYPD-CIA Collaboration Questioned
• BY: The Associated Press   |   New York City   |   January 20, 2012
• The CIA's top lawyer never approved sending a veteran agency officer to New York, where he helped set up police spying programs, The Associated Press has learned. Such approval would have been required under the presidential order that Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said authorized the unusual assignment.

• NYC's New 911 Call Center Adopts Sept. 11 Changes
• BY: The Associated Press   |   New York City   |   January 6, 2012
• The city's 911 operators are now able to give callers details about emergency events, reversing what the Sept. 11 Commission determined were flaws in a system that a decade ago denied people inside the burning World Trade Center potentially lifesaving information, officials said Thursday.

• NY Police Spying Programs Produced Mixed Results
• BY: The Associated Press   |   New York   |   December 23, 2011
• According to a review of public documents, materials obtained by the AP and interviews with dozens of city and federal officials, the most controversial New York Police Department spying programs produced mixed results.