Crime

While Mainstream Media Defends MS-13 Gang Member, DHS Stands with the Victims of Illegal Alien Crimes

Yesterday, a jury found Rachel Morin’s killer, an illegal alien from El Salvador, guilty in less than an hour

Secretary Noem Announces Relaunch of VOICE Office Shuttered by Biden

Secretary Noem announced that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is relaunching the Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement (VOICE) office.

DHS Releases Images of the First Flight of Criminal Aliens to Guantanamo Bay

The Department of Homeland Security released images of the first flight of criminal aliens, who were all part of Tren de Aragua, preparing to takeoff for Guantanamo Bay. 

Resources for Victims of Crime

FPS ensures crime victims are: provided with, or directed to, appropriate resources; treated with fairness and with respect for their dignity and privacy; returned to a sense of security at the federal facility; reasonably protected from the accused; and provided with information on the criminal investigation process.

S&T VALET Fact Sheet

The Visual Analytics Law Enforcement Toolkit (VALET) integrates large volumes of criminal, traffic and civil incident data into a single, interactive user interface to help law enforcement decision makers, analysts and officers identify crime trends and patterns, discover crime anomalies, and perform predictive crime analytics in order to assist in allocating law enforcement resources.

Developed by the Center for Visualization and Data Analytics, a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology (S&T) Center of Excellence, VALET provides users with a visual display of multiple integrated crime datasets and a variety of crime analyses capabilities.

S&T CINA Fact Sheet

CINA develops strategies and solutions to enhance criminal network analysis, forensics, and investigative processes for on-the-ground use by agents and officers to counteract transnational crime.

Supporting Local Communities Countering Violent Extremism

Efforts to prevent crime, and in particular violent crime, are most effective when law enforcement establishes strong and trusting partnerships with community members themselves.  One important result of this is that community members will be more inclined to share suspicious information with law enforcement. As part of our effort to support local communities in countering violent extremism, DHS has compiled these publications.