I.1: Most Significant Violent Crimes

Ensure a rapid, effective, and measured reactive capability to address those violent incident crimes that pose the most significant threat to our citizens.

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Major violent incident crimes, such as the “Washington, D.C. Sniper” murders, which claimed the lives of 10 citizens, including FBI Analyst Linda Franklin, and child abductions, such as the kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart, require significant infusions of Law Enforcement Community resources and include the duty to provide the public with timely updates and suitable public safety information. These crimes often have an inherent interstate aspect, necessitating coordination of investigative leads from across the country. The FBI plays a critical role in the Law Enforcement Community’s response to these major violent crimes, because of its resources, experience, technical capabilities, investigative acumen, national and international lead coverage, and expertise in crisis management, command post operations, tactical operations, crime scene processing, and forensic analysis. Priority Actions: In partnership with other federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies, aggressively investigate significant violent crime incidents through deployment of focused resources in task force environments.

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