Explosives Investigation Coordination Between the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
Author: Glenn A. Fine
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Published: 2010-03
Total Pages: 127
ISBN-13: 143792476X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe FBI and the ATF share jurisdiction for investigating fed. explosive crimes. These components have historically developed separate and often conflicting approaches to explosives investigations and related activities such as explosives training, info. sharing, and forensic analysis. This report examines the FBI¿s and ATF¿s operations of explosives-related activities from FY 2003 through April 2009. It evaluated the coordination between the FBI and ATF in explosive investigations, incl. the effectiveness of explosive incident protocols to determine lead agency jurisdiction, the extent of info. sharing and consolidation of explosives data, the degree of training coordination, and the use of lab. resources for explosives analysis. Charts and tables.