{"id":29705,"date":"2016-11-01T08:00:58","date_gmt":"2016-11-01T12:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/?p=29705"},"modified":"2016-10-31T10:59:30","modified_gmt":"2016-10-31T14:59:30","slug":"from-the-deputy-director-atfs-intelligence-driven-approach-to-help-law-enforcement-reduce-violent-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/from-the-deputy-director-atfs-intelligence-driven-approach-to-help-law-enforcement-reduce-violent-crime\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Deputy Director: ATF\u2019s Intelligence-Driven Approach to Help Law Enforcement Reduce Violent Crime"},"content":"protected_content","excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For more than 40 years, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has been an agency that utilizes intelligence to direct our law enforcement and regulatory activities to combat gun violence and illegal firearms trafficking. ATF special agents, industry operations investigators, and other employees work with federal, state, and municipal law enforcement to protect communities from violent criminals and criminal organizations. The ATF has always been proud of the strong relationships we have with law enforcement agencies throughout the United States and around the world, and we are working to make those relationships even stronger. We work to complement, not supplant, the work of state and local law enforcement by offering insight into strategies and tactics geared toward the reduction of violent crime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128,155],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crime-violence","category-from-the-director"],"acf":{"post_author":"<strong>Thomas E. Brandon, Deputy Director, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives<\/strong>","main_category":"From the Director","legacy_article_id":"","legacy_issue_id":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.4 (Yoast SEO v24.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>From the Deputy Director: ATF\u2019s Intelligence-Driven Approach to Help Law Enforcement Reduce Violent Crime - Police Chief Magazine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/from-the-deputy-director-atfs-intelligence-driven-approach-to-help-law-enforcement-reduce-violent-crime\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"From the Deputy Director: ATF\u2019s Intelligence-Driven Approach to Help Law Enforcement Reduce Violent Crime\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"For more than 40 years, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has been an agency that utilizes intelligence to direct our law enforcement and regulatory activities to combat gun violence and illegal firearms trafficking. ATF special agents, industry operations investigators, and other employees work with federal, state, and municipal law enforcement to protect communities from violent criminals and criminal organizations. The ATF has always been proud of the strong relationships we have with law enforcement agencies throughout the United States and around the world, and we are working to make those relationships even stronger. We work to complement, not supplant, the work of state and local law enforcement by offering insight into strategies and tactics geared toward the reduction of violent crime.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/from-the-deputy-director-atfs-intelligence-driven-approach-to-help-law-enforcement-reduce-violent-crime\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Police Chief Magazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheIACP\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-11-01T12:00:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brandon-Thomas-240x300.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Margaret White\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@TheIACP\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@TheIACP\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Margaret White\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"7 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/from-the-deputy-director-atfs-intelligence-driven-approach-to-help-law-enforcement-reduce-violent-crime\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/from-the-deputy-director-atfs-intelligence-driven-approach-to-help-law-enforcement-reduce-violent-crime\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Margaret White\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/#\/schema\/person\/51da39bf2b152cf9aff96cdeed62d5a4\"},\"headline\":\"From the Deputy Director: ATF\u2019s Intelligence-Driven Approach to Help Law Enforcement Reduce Violent Crime\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-11-01T12:00:58+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/from-the-deputy-director-atfs-intelligence-driven-approach-to-help-law-enforcement-reduce-violent-crime\/\"},\"wordCount\":1382,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/from-the-deputy-director-atfs-intelligence-driven-approach-to-help-law-enforcement-reduce-violent-crime\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brandon-Thomas-240x300.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Crime &amp; Violence\",\"From the Director\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/from-the-deputy-director-atfs-intelligence-driven-approach-to-help-law-enforcement-reduce-violent-crime\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/from-the-deputy-director-atfs-intelligence-driven-approach-to-help-law-enforcement-reduce-violent-crime\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/from-the-deputy-director-atfs-intelligence-driven-approach-to-help-law-enforcement-reduce-violent-crime\/\",\"name\":\"From the Deputy Director: ATF\u2019s Intelligence-Driven Approach to Help Law Enforcement Reduce Violent Crime - Police Chief Magazine\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/from-the-deputy-director-atfs-intelligence-driven-approach-to-help-law-enforcement-reduce-violent-crime\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/from-the-deputy-director-atfs-intelligence-driven-approach-to-help-law-enforcement-reduce-violent-crime\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brandon-Thomas-240x300.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-11-01T12:00:58+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/from-the-deputy-director-atfs-intelligence-driven-approach-to-help-law-enforcement-reduce-violent-crime\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/from-the-deputy-director-atfs-intelligence-driven-approach-to-help-law-enforcement-reduce-violent-crime\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/from-the-deputy-director-atfs-intelligence-driven-approach-to-help-law-enforcement-reduce-violent-crime\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brandon-Thomas-240x300.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brandon-Thomas-240x300.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/from-the-deputy-director-atfs-intelligence-driven-approach-to-help-law-enforcement-reduce-violent-crime\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"From the Deputy Director: ATF\u2019s Intelligence-Driven Approach to Help Law Enforcement Reduce Violent Crime\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/\",\"name\":\"Police Chief Magazine\",\"description\":\"Police Chief Magazine\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Police Chief Magazine\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/logo-name-blue.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/logo-name-blue.png\",\"width\":500,\"height\":246,\"caption\":\"Police Chief Magazine\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheIACP\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheIACP\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/theiacp\/\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/international-association-of-chiefs-of-police\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/#\/schema\/person\/51da39bf2b152cf9aff96cdeed62d5a4\",\"name\":\"Margaret White\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/99984120f89156e4aaaaaf54d49168e6?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/99984120f89156e4aaaaaf54d49168e6?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Margaret White\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/author\/mwhite\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"From the Deputy Director: ATF\u2019s Intelligence-Driven Approach to Help Law Enforcement Reduce Violent Crime - Police Chief Magazine","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/from-the-deputy-director-atfs-intelligence-driven-approach-to-help-law-enforcement-reduce-violent-crime\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"From the Deputy Director: ATF\u2019s Intelligence-Driven Approach to Help Law Enforcement Reduce Violent Crime","og_description":"For more than 40 years, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has been an agency that utilizes intelligence to direct our law enforcement and regulatory activities to combat gun violence and illegal firearms trafficking. ATF special agents, industry operations investigators, and other employees work with federal, state, and municipal law enforcement to protect communities from violent criminals and criminal organizations. The ATF has always been proud of the strong relationships we have with law enforcement agencies throughout the United States and around the world, and we are working to make those relationships even stronger. We work to complement, not supplant, the work of state and local law enforcement by offering insight into strategies and tactics geared toward the reduction of violent crime.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/from-the-deputy-director-atfs-intelligence-driven-approach-to-help-law-enforcement-reduce-violent-crime\/","og_site_name":"Police Chief Magazine","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheIACP","article_published_time":"2016-11-01T12:00:58+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brandon-Thomas-240x300.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Margaret White","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@TheIACP","twitter_site":"@TheIACP","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Margaret White","Est. reading time":"7 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/from-the-deputy-director-atfs-intelligence-driven-approach-to-help-law-enforcement-reduce-violent-crime\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/from-the-deputy-director-atfs-intelligence-driven-approach-to-help-law-enforcement-reduce-violent-crime\/"},"author":{"name":"Margaret White","@id":"https:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/#\/schema\/person\/51da39bf2b152cf9aff96cdeed62d5a4"},"headline":"From the Deputy Director: ATF\u2019s Intelligence-Driven Approach to Help Law Enforcement Reduce Violent Crime","datePublished":"2016-11-01T12:00:58+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/from-the-deputy-director-atfs-intelligence-driven-approach-to-help-law-enforcement-reduce-violent-crime\/"},"wordCount":1382,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/from-the-deputy-director-atfs-intelligence-driven-approach-to-help-law-enforcement-reduce-violent-crime\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brandon-Thomas-240x300.jpg","articleSection":["Crime &amp; Violence","From the Director"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/from-the-deputy-director-atfs-intelligence-driven-approach-to-help-law-enforcement-reduce-violent-crime\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/from-the-deputy-director-atfs-intelligence-driven-approach-to-help-law-enforcement-reduce-violent-crime\/","url":"https:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/from-the-deputy-director-atfs-intelligence-driven-approach-to-help-law-enforcement-reduce-violent-crime\/","name":"From the Deputy Director: ATF\u2019s Intelligence-Driven Approach to Help Law Enforcement Reduce Violent Crime - Police Chief Magazine","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/from-the-deputy-director-atfs-intelligence-driven-approach-to-help-law-enforcement-reduce-violent-crime\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/from-the-deputy-director-atfs-intelligence-driven-approach-to-help-law-enforcement-reduce-violent-crime\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brandon-Thomas-240x300.jpg","datePublished":"2016-11-01T12:00:58+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/from-the-deputy-director-atfs-intelligence-driven-approach-to-help-law-enforcement-reduce-violent-crime\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/from-the-deputy-director-atfs-intelligence-driven-approach-to-help-law-enforcement-reduce-violent-crime\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/from-the-deputy-director-atfs-intelligence-driven-approach-to-help-law-enforcement-reduce-violent-crime\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brandon-Thomas-240x300.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brandon-Thomas-240x300.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/from-the-deputy-director-atfs-intelligence-driven-approach-to-help-law-enforcement-reduce-violent-crime\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"From the Deputy Director: ATF\u2019s Intelligence-Driven Approach to Help Law Enforcement Reduce Violent Crime"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/","name":"Police Chief Magazine","description":"Police Chief Magazine","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/#organization","name":"Police Chief Magazine","url":"https:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/logo-name-blue.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/logo-name-blue.png","width":500,"height":246,"caption":"Police Chief Magazine"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheIACP","https:\/\/x.com\/TheIACP","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/theiacp\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/international-association-of-chiefs-of-police\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/#\/schema\/person\/51da39bf2b152cf9aff96cdeed62d5a4","name":"Margaret White","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/99984120f89156e4aaaaaf54d49168e6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/99984120f89156e4aaaaaf54d49168e6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Margaret White"},"url":"https:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/author\/mwhite\/"}]}},"category_objects":[{"term_id":128,"name":"Crime &amp; Violence","slug":"crime-violence","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":128,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":126,"count":191,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":155,"name":"From the Director","slug":"from-the-director","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":155,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":152,"count":102,"filter":"raw"}],"thumbnail_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29705"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29705\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29914,"href":"https:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29705\/revisions\/29914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}