In this complex, globalized, post 9/11-world,
our operational partnerships have never been more
important to our efforts to protect your communities.
 Today,
we work with colleagues at every level of government—local,
state, federal, even international—across the
law enforcement, intelligence, and first responder
communities. We lead and take part in multi-agency
task forces, intelligence groups and fusion centers,
and public and private sector alliances. A number of
our partners literally sit shoulder-to-shoulder with
us in FBI space, just as we share our agents and analysts
with other agencies. We work closely on joint investigations—sometimes
taking the lead, sometimes taking a back seat to others,
sometimes contributing equally among many agencies.
Our work with our colleagues, in fact, is so intertwined
today that it’s often nearly impossible to separate
the contributions of one agency—and one nation—from
the next.
In St. Louis, our major partnerships include:
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The St.
Louis Joint Terrorism Task Force brings
together representatives of 40 local, state,
and federal agencies to run
down any and all terrorism leads, develop and investigate
cases, provide support for special events, and
proactively identify threats that may impact the
area and the nation. We also have a satellite Joint
Terrorism Task Force working out of Cape Girardeau.
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 The St.
Louis Field Intelligence Group is a
team of FBI agents and analysts who provide a
full range
of intelligence support on terrorism and criminal
threats.
To battle cyber crime, we have a number of key partnerships:
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Our Cyber
Crime Task Force located in Clayton,
Missouri brings together local, state,
and federal experts to combat computer
intrusions, viruses, and other cyber threats.
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The St.
Louis InfraGard Chapter is
the local arm in a national information-sharing
alliance between private
industry, academia, and government focused
on protecting critical national infrastructures
in both the online and offline worlds.
We also lead or take
part in several major partnerships
targeting violent crime:
- The Violent Crimes and Omnibus Crimes
Control Act of 1991 made federal funds
available
for the purpose of Safe Streets Task
Forces.
The purpose of the Safe Streets Initiative
is to combine the efforts of federal, state,
and local agencies in an effort to stop violent
felons from operating a criminal empire or
continuing to conduct criminal activity (but
it does not expand federal authority
in local criminal matters). St. Louis has
two Safe
Streets Task Forces, one to address the problem
of gangs and one to address fugitive matters
called the St. Louis Metropolitan Fugitive
Task Force.
- The St. Louis Metropolitan Fugitive Task
Force includes FBI personnel and officers
from the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department,
the St. Louis County
Police Department, the Jefferson County Sheriff's
Office, and the Missouri Highway Patrol.
The task force's top priority is to address and reduce
violent crimes, specifically by apprehending the
most dangerous and difficult-to-locate fugitives
in the St. Louis area. The FBI has worked with local
law enforcement in the St. Louis area for many years
to address violent crimes. The task force was brought
into one unit under one roof and one command structure
on February 19, 1997.
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Our Violent
Fugitive Gang and Sex Predator Safe Streets
Task Force in St. Louis works to round up violent fugitives,
including gang members and sexual predators.
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