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Officials at the Department of Homeland Security and Pentagon said they are cutting the number of troops and changing their mission on the Southwest border of the US.

Murders, rapes and other violent crimes dropped sharply in the United States in the first six months of 2011, continuing a downward trend that has lasted 4 1/2 years, the FBI reported.

The Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital is facing a $50,000 fine after a state oversight agency reviewed the circumstances surrounding an infant kidnapping from the hospital’s Mother Infant Unit in 2009.

Indianapolis city officials announced massive security measures for Indianapolis ahead of Super Bowl 2012.

California Attorney General Kamala Harris announced the creation of a new state Justice Department unit to combat crimes that enlist technology.

The Department of Taxation (DOTAX) has placed a number of its employees on administrative leave without pay after an audit uncovered internal security breaches.

A former N.B.A. security official says that he repeatedly warned his superiors that women in the office were being sexually harassed or discriminated against, but that his concerns were ignored and that he was ultimately fired for his actions on the women’s behalf. 

A report conducted by DC's Protective Services Police Department says that fake bombs cleared security at some DC buildings.

Britain will have 13,500 troops deployed on land, at sea and in the skies to help protect next summer's Olympics.

TSA's known-traveler program is being expanded to Las Vegas' McCarran International Airport.