Article: Police can now be drafted to enforce immigration law: The new federal rule takes effect Friday, raising concern among civil rights advocates.(USA)

Article: Justice Department Supports Local ...
U.S. Newswire;  June 30, 2003 ;     642 words ... ... vests this fiscal year through the Justice Department's Bulletproof Vest Partnership ... Assistance (BJA), a component of the Justice Department's Office of Justice Programs ... Since the program's inception, Justice Department funding has assisted communities ...

Article: D.C. Area Protests Remain Peaceful; Noon Prayer Vigils to ...
The Washington Post;  May 6, 1992 ;     700+ words ... ... Washington area. The Justice Department now is investigating ... done before." At the Justice Department gathering, local police were praised for risking ... to shake hands with Justice Department security officer Mark ...

Article: Sensitizing Police Toward Muslims; Justice ...
The Washington Post;  October 6, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... various cities under the Justice Department program, including local police officers and immigration ... Muslims," she said. The Justice Department's training efforts go ... leaders about the FBI and local police. "Despite all the outcry ...

Article: U.S. to Probe Pr. George's Police Force; Justice ...
The Washington Post;  November 2, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... m hopeful that the Justice Department's input will help ... Congress in 1994, the Justice Department has the authority to investigate local police departments to see ... investigation by the Justice Department, officials said ...

Article: County Signs On to Curb Alleged Police Abuses; Justice ...
The Washington Post;  January 29, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... Congress in 1994, the Justice Department has the authority to investigate local police departments to see ... George's force, Justice Department officials made public ... the burdens" of a Justice Department lawsuit, according ...

Article: LOCAL POLICE, FEDERAL POWERS.(MAIN)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  March 22, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... asked the Justice Department to make New ... State and local police lack federal ... license local police,'' McMahon ... allows the Justice Department to grant ... If the Justice Department gives state and local police authority ...

Article: Local police resist federal plan to interview ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  November 23, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... balking at the U.S. Justice Department's plan to have local ... Ashcroft has asked the Justice Department's regional anti ... Gina Talamona said the Justice Department was hoping that local police departments would provide ...