Posted on 11/04/2003 11:42:20 PM PST by kattracks
Edited on 07/12/2004 4:09:59 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) yesterday introduced a new, Internet-accessible system that will allow state, local and other federal law-enforcement agencies to share information about bomb and arson cases and related incidents.
ATF spokesman Andrew L. Lluberes said the Bomb and Arson Tracking System (BATS) will serve as a library that law-enforcement agencies can use to manage and exchange information. It was developed by the agency's Arson and Explosives National Repository, which Congress entrusted with maintaining all national information on explosives incidents and arson.
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