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.

Security personnel at NFL games will begin using hand-held metal detectors as part of the screening process before fans enter the stadiums.

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.

Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wis. officials plan to maintain a weapons ban when Wisconsin's new concealed carry law takes effect next week.
 

A Massey Energy Co. security chief was convicted Wednesday on both charges he was facing related to the investigation of the 2010 explosion in West Virginia that killed 29 miners.

All U.N. member states should make piracy a crime as the problem surges in Somalia, the Security Council said.

According to the 2011 National Gang Threat Assessment released by the National Gang Intelligence Center (NGIC), approximately 1.4 million gang members belonging to more than 33,000 gangs were criminally active in the U.S. as of April, 2011.

The Virginia Port Authority plans to cut 45 of its 71 sworn police officers by next June and replace them with contract security guards in an effort to save money.