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At an August 19, 2020, press conference in Kansas City, Missouri, Attorney General William P. Barr announced updates on Operation Legend.
Operation Legend is a sustained, systematic and coordinated law enforcement initiative in which federal law enforcement agencies work in conjunction with state and local law enforcement officials to fight violent crime. The initiative is named in honor of four-year-old LeGend Taliferro, who was shot...
Administered by BJA in partnership with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, this initiative provides funding to state, local, and tribal government entities that are experiencing precipitous increases in gun-related violent crime.
Developed in partnership with BJA and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives (ATF), and refreshed by the International Association of Chiefs of Police, the ATF Police Officer's Guide to Recovered Firearms mobile application is designed to assist law enforcement in firearm identification, trace, recovery and safety. Using the app, law enforcement officials receive strategies to enhance firearm safety, a visual guide for accuracy...
