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{{short description|US FBI publication}}
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{{Infobox journal
| title = FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin
| image = FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin 49 (3).pdf
| caption = ''FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin 49'', March 1980
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| abbreviation = FBI Law Enforc. Bull.
| subject = Law enforcement
| language = English
| editor = 
| publisher = Law Enforcement Communication Unit, [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]]
| country = United States
| history = 1932–present
| frequency = Monthly
| openaccess = 
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| ISSN = 0014-5688
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| website = https://leb.fbi.gov/
| link1 = https://leb.fbi.gov/
| link1-name = Bulletin website
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The '''''FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin''''' has been published monthly since 1932 by the FBI ''Law Enforcement Communication Unit''<ref name="lecu">{{cite web|url=https://www.fbi.gov/hq/td/academy/lecu/lecu.htm|title=Law Enforcement Communication Unit|publisher=Federal Bureau of Investigation|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090417000819/http://www.fbi.gov/hq/td/academy/lecu/lecu.htm|archive-date=2009-04-17}}</ref> with articles of interest to state and local law enforcement personnel.  First published in 1932 as '''''Fugitives Wanted by Police''''',<ref name="history_newdeal">{{cite web |url=https://www.fbi.gov/libref/historic/history/newdeal.htm |title=History of the FBI, The New Deal: 1933 – Late 1930s |publisher=Federal Bureau of Investigation |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150106195646/http://www2.fbi.gov/libref/historic/history/newdeal.htm |archive-date=2015-01-06 }}</ref> the ''FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin'' covers topics including law enforcement technology and issues, such as [[crime mapping]] and [[use of force]], as well as recent [[criminal justice]] research and [[VICAP]] alerts on wanted suspects and key cases.

It was distributed to [[Federal depository library|depository libraries]], which were selected to receive it through v. 70 #3 (March 2001), at which [[United States Government Printing Office|GPO]] determined the online version provided a suitable alternative to hardcopy distribution.

The initial hard copy volume was 5,000 prints, reaching 45,000 prints with an estimate of 200,000 readers in 150 countries prior to being replaced by a digital version after December 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/law-enforcement-bulletin/a-message-to-our-readers |title=FBI – A Message to Our Readers |publisher=Fbi.gov |access-date=2012-12-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022085717/http://m.fbi.gov/#index.html |archive-date=22 October 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=About Us – LEB |url=https://leb.fbi.gov/about-us |access-date=2023-01-20 |website=leb.fbi.gov}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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