Facts and Figures (FY 2010)
Personnel
- Special Agents (1811): 2,562
- Industry Operations Investigators (1801 and 1854): 624
- Administrative/Professional/Technical: 1,738
- Total employees: 5,107
- Field Divisions: 25
Cases and Prosecutions
Historical (FY 2005-2010)
- Cases:
- Recommended for prosecution: 73,829
- Indicted: 55,607
- Resulted in convictions: 43,028
- Defendants:
- Recommended for prosecution: 110,197
- Defendants indicted: 81,596
- Number convicted: 60,753
- Average incarceration: 48,313 were sentenced to an average of 180 months
- Defendants previously convicted felons: 61%
- Defendants with prior arrest records: 22%
FY 2010
- Cases:
- Recommended for prosecution: 17,893
- Defendants indicted: 11,243
- Number convicted: 5,322
- Average incarceration: 2,868 defendants were sentenced to prison receiving an average sentence of 147 months.
- Received life sentence: 41
- Received death sentences: 16
- Engaged in gang-related crimes: 4,956
- Defendants previously convicted felons: 60%
- Defendants with prior arrest records: 22%
- Defendants:
- Recommended for prosecution: 17,677
- Defendants indicted: 10,630
- Number convicted: 8,489
- Average incarceration: 2,987 defendants were sentenced to prison receiving an average sentence of 155.3 months.
- Received life sentence: 30
- Received death sentences: 9
- Engaged in gang-related crimes: 4,076
- Defendants previously convicted felons: 62%
- Defendants with prior arrest records: 84%
- Initiated criminal investigations to these specific areas:
- Firearms cases, including illegal possession and firearms trafficking: 10,072
- Arson and explosives cases, including bombings and attempted bombings: 564
- Alcohol and tobacco diversion cases: 95
- Explosives thefts: 24
Inspections
- In FY 2010, ATF conducted the following compliance inspections:
- Federal firearms licensee (FFL) inspections: 10,538
- Federal explosives licensee (FEL) inspections: 3,925
- In FY 2010, firearms compliance inspections resulted in the following recommendations:
- No Violations: 5,293
- Report of Violations: 1,366
- Warning Letter: 1,408
- Warning Conference: 820
- Revoke License or Denial of Renewal: 67
- Surrender of License: 33
- Out-of-business: 1,373
- Other : 178
- Total: 10,538
- In FY 2010, firearms application inspections conducted: 7,575
- In FY 2010, explosives compliance inspections resulted in the following recommendations:
- No Violations: 2,722
- Report of Violations: 347
- Warning Letter: 151
- Warning Conference: 54
- Revoke License or Permit: 5
- Surrender of License or Permit: 7
- Out-of-business: 595
- Other : 44
- Total: 3,925
- In FY 2010, explosives application inspections conducted: 1,115
Licensing Centers, Imports and NFA
- In FY 2010, ATF processed:
- National Firearms Act (NFA) registrations and/or transfers: 826,393
- Import permit applications: 9,278
Canine
- In FY 2010, ATF explosives detection canine teams:
- Participated in 529 investigative searches
- Assisted in 121 search warrants
- Safeguarded over 27 million spectators at major events
- Recovered:
- 110 firearms
- more than 1,900 shell casings
- 70 explosive devices in the U.S.
- 13 homemade explosive devices in the U.S.
- In FY 2010, ATF trained:
- 204 explosives detection canine teams on National Odor Recognition Testing (NORT) standards
- 204 on peroxide-based explosives
- 434 military working dogs on homemade explosives for the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat organization
Tracing
- The National Tracing Center (NTC) traced more than 336,914 firearms for our agents and our law enforcement partners globally.
NIBIN
- NIBIN partners have completed more than 2 million acquisitions
- NIBIN partners have confirmed more than 40,000 NIBIN hits
Laboratories
- Our state-of-the-art laboratories, which examine forensic evidence such as ballistics and DNA, as well as reconstruct and test arson and fire scenarios—in Fiscal Year 2010, ATF’s laboratories completed the following:
- Processed 3,329 forensic cases
- Processed 101 fire research cases
National Response Team (NRT)
- Since 1978, the NRT has been activated to more than 700 significant incidents throughout the U.S.
- In FY 2010, the NRT:
- Responded to: 26 incidents
- Property damage estimated value at: $434 million
Alcohol and Tobacco
- During FY 2010:
- Recommended defendants for prosecution: 219
- Seized: approximately $63.2 million in criminal contraband
Training
Historical
- In FY 2007-08, ATF provided firearms-related training to:
- 885 Mexican police and prosecutors
- More than 4,000 members of the international law enforcement community
- More than 1,000 police officials trained at the International Law Enforcement Academies across the globe in Africa, Eastern Europe, Asia, and Latin America
- Gang Resistance Education And Training (GREAT):
- Since 1991, GREAT has graduated more than 5 million school children. More than 10,000 law enforcement officers and professionals have been certified as GREAT instructors.
FY 2010
- In FY 2010, ATF provided the following training:
- Project Safe Neighborhood: 182 Assistant U.S. Attorneys, State and local prosecutors, State and local police officers and sheriffs, and ATF special agents
- Post-Blast Investigative Techniques: Approximately 782 military personnel, including training conducted in Iraq and Afghanistan, and in collaboration with the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization at Fort Irwin, California
- Explosives-related courses: More than 763 law enforcement personnel, including 295 State and local investigators and bomb squad personnel
- Arson-related courses: 737 personnel in arson-related courses
- Improvised explosive device (IED): U.S. Marshal Court Security Officers on IED familiarization and security
- Gang Resistance Education And Training (GREAT):
- ATF agents taught students: 2,587
- ATF agents trained as instructors: 30
Budget
- Enacted appropriations for FY 2010: $$1,120,800
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