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This slide show shows Department of Justice employees engaged in Department activities including: Attorney General Michael Mukasey at the Supreme Court, US Marshals at an airport, an ATF forensic scientist looking into a microscope, a US Marshal with a dog, an FBI agent at the Pentagon, a lawyer in a court room, and a DEA agent holding a child's hand




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Photo of Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey Remarks Prepared for Delivery by Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey at the International Association of Chiefs of Police Second General Assembly

November 10, 2008

Those of us in federal law enforcement could not provide the American people with the safety and security they expect without the hard work of police chiefs across the country. That's why we have emphasized so strongly on working as partners with you and your counterparts, through task forces and joint operations, through training and – when possible – through financial support.

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November 19, 2008

Bridges McRae, former officer of the Memphis Police Department, was indicted today on one count of deprivation of rights under color of law, related to the alleged assault of an individual in early 2008.  (Read More)

Francisco Dago Mendez, a member of MS-13, was sentenced to 14 years in prison and five years of supervised release for his participation in a racketeering enterprise. Including Mendez, 13 defendants have been sentenced on RICO charges stemming from an indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Nashville on Jan. 10, 2007. (Read More)

NCS Pearson Inc. agreed to pay $5.6 million to resolve allegations that it submitted false claims in connection with a contract to assist the Transportation Security Administration in deploying federal government security personnel at airports. (Read More)

November 18, 2008

A federal grand jury in Dallas, Texas, indicted Timothy York, a member of the United/Universal Aryan Brotherhood, on two counts of bias-motivated assault.  (Read More)


Project Safe Childhood
As part of Project Safe Childhood, the U.S. Department of Justice together with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children® (NCMEC) and the Ad Council have partnered to produce the following Public Service Announcements (PSA’s) in an ongoing initiative to protect America’s youth. Further, the Project Safe Childhood Web site provides information to our federal, state, and local community partners that will help protect our children from online exploitation and abuse.

Links to the PSA’s and Project Safe Childhood Web site are below:

Watch PSC Videos:  Campaign Introduction      Everyone Knows Your Name      Bulletin Board
View Project Safe Childhood site

 
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