Facts and Figures (FY 2009)
Personnel
- Special Agents (1811): 2,450
- Industry Operations Investigators (1801 and 1854): 789
- Administrative/Professional/Technical: 1,769
- Total employees: 5,008
- Total employees: 5,008
Cases and Prosecutions
Historical (FY 2003-2009)
- Cases:
- Recommended for prosecution: 88,748
- Indicted: 67,280
- Resulted in convictions: 52,309
- Defendants:
- Recommended for prosecution: 126,444
- Defendants indicted: 94,187
- Number convicted: 71,244
- Average incarceration: 57,257 were sentenced to an average of 138 months
- Defendants previously convicted felons: 60%
- Defendants with prior arrest records: 84%
FY 2009
- Cases:
- Recommended for prosecution: 11,495
- Gang-related defendants: 4,076
- Gang-related cases: 1,577
- 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: 18,406
- Arson and explosives cases, including bombings and attempted bombings: 2,927
- Alcohol and tobacco diversion cases: 129
- Explosives thefts: 26
Inspections
- In FY 2009, ATF conducted the following compliance inspections:
- Federal firearms licensee (FFL) inspections: 11,375
- Federal explosives licensee (FEL) inspections: 5,745
- In FY 2009, firearms compliance inspections resulted in the following recommendations:
- No Violations: 5,461
- Report of Violations: 1,076
- Warning Letter: 1,207
- Warning Conference: 877
- Revoke License or Denial of Renewal: 64
- Surrender of License: 36
- Out-of-business: 1,432
- Other : 1,222
- Total: 11,375
- In FY 2009, firearms application inspections conducted: 7,000
- In FY 2009, explosives compliance inspections resulted in the following recommendations:
- No Violations: 3,872
- Report of Violations: 447
- Warning Letter: 221
- Warning Conference: 94
- Revoke License or Permit: 11
- Surrender of License or Permit: 3
- Out-of-business: 710
- Other : 387
- Total: 5,745
- In FY 2009, explosives application inspections conducted: 1,121
Licensing Centers, Imports and NFA
- In FY 2009, ATF processed:
- National Firearms Act (NFA) registrations and/or transfers: 834,328
- Import permit applications: 9,295
Canine
- In FY 2009, ATF explosives detection canine teams:
- Participated in 625 investigative searches
- Assisted in 200 search warrants
- Safeguarded over 28 million spectators at major events
- Recovered:
- 178 firearms
- more than 6,600 shell casings
- 580 explosive devices in the U.S.
- 19 homemade explosive devices in the U.S.
- In FY 2009, ATF trained:
- 235 explosives detection canine teams on National Odor Recognition Testing (NORT) standards
- 425 on peroxide-based explosives
Tracing
- The National Tracing Center (NTC) traced more than 343,746 firearms for our agents and our law enforcement partners globally.
NIBIN
- NIBIN bullets and casings imaged: 187,283
- Matches: 5,358
Laboratories
- Our state-of-the-art laboratories, which examine forensic evidence such as ballistics and DNA, as well as reconstruct and test arson scenarios—completed examinations for 3,553 cases.
National Response Team (NRT)
- Since 1978, the NRT has been activated to more than 600 significant incidents throughout the U.S.
- In FY 2009, the NRT:
- Responded to: 24 incidents
- Property damage valued at: $265 million
Alcohol and Tobacco
- During FY 2009:
- Recommended defendants for prosecution: 212
- Seized: approximately $3.1 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 2009
- In FY 2009, ATF provided the following training:
- Project Safe Neighborhood: 2,475 Assistant U.S. Attorneys, State and local prosecutors, State and local police officers and sheriffs, and ATF special agents
- Post-Blast Investigative Techniques: Approximately 3,700 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 900 law enforcement personnel, including 635 State and local investigators and bomb squad personnel
- Arson-related courses: 681 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: 3,385
- ATF agents trained as instructors: 8
Budget
- Enacted appropriations for FY 2009: $1,054,215,000
For more information on ATF, go to www.atf.gov.
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