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ATF By the Numbers

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ATF FY 2022 By the Numbers

 

Budget - $1.5 billion dollars
 

People

Total full-time employees – 5,099

Special Agents – 2,586

Industry Operations Investigators – 816

Professional, technical, administrative staff – 1,697

 

Cases

Firearms cases initiated - 34,436

Arson cases initiated - 2,242

Explosives cases initiated - 1,194

Cases recommended for prosecution - 10,138

Indicted cases - 6,315

Convicted cases - 5,338

 

Defendants 

Recommended for prosecution - 15,538

Defendants indicted - 9,287

Defendants convicted - 7,293

Average prior arrests - 7.8

Average prior convictions - 2.16

               

 

 

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