Swatting of federal agents
For FBI, DEA, ATF, HSI, USMS, and other federal LE swatted at home. Federal protections are thinner than you think.
Run a free scan. No signup.How this plays out for federal agents
Federal LE swatting runs the same way as local cop swatting. A defendant, a defendant's network, or an online harassment campaign pulls your home address from a broker page and calls in a fake high-priority emergency to your local PD. The responders are usually local — they don't know you're a federal agent and they don't know the call is fake.
The retaliation pool varies by agency. DEA agents and HSI catch it from cartel-adjacent networks. FBI from organized crime, terrorism, and increasingly politically motivated harassment. ATF from various extremist circles. USMS from fugitives' families. The mechanics don't change.
What's at stake
Your family inside the house when the entry happens. The local responders, who are also at risk. People have died in swatting incidents — Andrew Finch in Wichita in 2017 — see the Wichita case.
Here's the gap most federal agents don't know about: the Lieu Act — the federal address-protection statute — covers federal judges and their families. It does not cover non-judicial federal officials. There's no federal mechanism for FBI, DEA, ATF, HSI, or USMS to demand removal the way judges can. Your protection runs through whatever your home state offers, plus the broker opt-out.
What to do right now
If you've been swatted in the last 72 hours, see the swatting recovery checklist. Run the active-swatting-threat playbook for the time-bucketed steps if a credible threat is in motion against you or the household.
Otherwise: run a free scan and see what's currently public. If you're federal LE who lives in New Jersey and qualifies as a covered person, Daniel's Law lets you demand removal of your home address. Other states have varying protections — we know which ones reach federal agents. Talk to your local PD about flagging your address with dispatch for confirmation before any SWAT deployment.
How we handle it
Continuous coverage — opt-outs, re-checks, refilings on schedule. The household gets swept on the same plan: spouse, parents, adult kids if they live with you.
If your field office wants to cover the full roster, reach out.