Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF)
Attorney General William P. Barr Announces Updates on Operation Legend at Press Conference in Chicago
Fallen Senior Special Agent John Francis Capano (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives)
Agent Capano receives the award for his heroic actions on December 31, 2011, during an armed robbery attempt of a pharmacy by a convicted felon who had recently been released from prison. Agent Capano, who was off duty at the time, confronted the suspect, chased him outside, and engaged in a struggle for his gun.
An off-duty New York City police officer and a retired...
Attorney General William P. Barr Announces Updates on Operation Legend at Press Conference in Kansas City, Missouri
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...
Local Law Enforcement Crime Gun Intelligence Center Integration Initiative
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.
Recovered Firearms Mobile App Available
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...
Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN)
Designed to create and foster safer neighborhoods through a sustained reduction in violent crime, this program's effectiveness depends upon the ongoing coordination, cooperation, and partnerships of local, state, tribal, and federal law enforcement agencies working together with the communities they serve and engaged in a unified approach led by the U.S. Attorney in all 94 districts.