Addressing criminal conduct, challenging obstacles to lasting reform, and healing the resulting harm to individuals and communities are grave concerns in every society.

This is the first part of a three-part series exploring the different ways law enforcement has used human faces to investigate crime and identify suspects. Check back soon for parts two and three! Since the very beginning of law enforcement,…

The war on drugs is fought at every level in the United States, from the upper echelons of the federal government to elementary school classrooms, but during Red Ribbon Week students and officials alike commemorate the sacrifice of one man and pledge to strive for a drug-free future.

From October 2-22, 2002, two individuals orchestrated a series of shootings in Washington DC, Maryland and, Virginia, which resulted in the deaths of 10 people and left three critically injured. They became known as the Beltway Snipers.

As lead homicide detective for the investigation, he spent eight days on the stand listing off the wealth of evidence he and his partner Detective Phil Vannatter collected over the course of the investigation.

Newly appointed Memorial Fund CEO Marcia Ferranto is already charting a course forward for the organization.

On November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated while riding in a car through downtown Dallas. It was an event that shocked the nation and became a cultural touchstone for a generation of Americans who can vividly remember where they were when they heard the news.

How do you curate difficult histories? In the museum field, some topics are more challenging to curate than others. This can be for various reasons. Maybe there is a lack of artifacts left behind to help tell the story. Perhaps…

Imagine going to work one day and finding yourself in the middle of an event that makes national history.

Postal Inspectors, sometimes called the “Silent Service,” have made major impacts on American law enforcement procedures and in important criminal investigations.

Law enforcement agencies use man’s best friend to assist in a variety of tasks; to not only make their jobs easier but to make them safer. Many of those tasks require a honed set of skills taught by professional dog trainers, which take months to master.

Close your eyes and picture a police officer in the United States. Is it a vision of a male officer in blues, badge glinting in the flashing lights of a squad car? How about a female in a jumpsuit and headset in the cockpit of a helicopter, blades whirring overhead?