In the 2008–09 school year, about 3.9 percent of students ages 12 through 18 reported that they were victims of a crime at school according to a report released by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Federal airport screeners still find four to five guns at checkpoints on a typical day, the Transportation Security Administration's chief told a Senate hearing.
The Security Industry Association (SIA), members of the security industry and the InterPort Police-International Association of Airport & Seaport Police gathered last night in New York City to honor two deserving individuals for their security-related achievements.
Starting today, the welcome screens on 1.2 million hotel television sets in Marriott, Hilton, Sheraton, Holiday Inn and other hotels in the US will show a short public service announcement from DHS.
Americans will go to great lengths to avoid identity theft, and many say they would take legal action against government or private organizations that compromise their personal data, according to new research conducted by Unisys Corporation.
Despite a sharp decline in the United States' violent crime rate since the mid-1990s, the majority of Americans continue to believe the nation's crime problem is getting worse.
DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano admitted that there have been some instances in which hackers have “come close” to shutting down parts of the nation’s critical infrastructure.
A loaded and undeclared .38-caliber handgun tumbled from a checked bag at Los Angeles International Airport last weekend, prompting police to detain the gun owner temporarily.
The Homeland Security Department is adding three surveillance drone aircraft to a domestic fleet chiefly used to patrol the border with Mexico even though officials acknowledge they don't have enough pilots to operate the seven Predators they already possess.
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