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Our people in St. Louis possess a mix of
talents and experience that enable us to help protect
you, your families, and your workplaces from a full
range of national security threats and major crime
problems.
Our employees include not only special agents, but
also a variety of specialized professionals such
as intelligence and
financial analysts, investigative specialists, support
services technicians, language specialists, paralegals,
electronics technicians, and security experts.
Our strength lies in our investigations—the
very heart of our operations—and in the collection,
analysis, and sharing of intelligence that drives
and supports those investigations both locally and
nationally. In every case, we work to objectively
gather the facts and to develop evidence that can
stand up in a court of law. To do that, we can interview
witnesses, run undercover operations, analyze financial
records, map and manage crime scenes, develop informants,
make arrests, conduct surveillance, and gather information
and intelligence from around the globe. Our cases
today are often complex and multi-faceted, involving
a range of public and private sector partners and
covering multiple jurisdictions.
Among our specialized capabilities:
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The St. Louis Evidence Response Team.
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Evidence recovery
and processing: In St. Louis, we have
two eight-member
Evidence Response Teams made
up of special agents and other specialists who
are sent to crime scenes to secure the area and
exhaustively
gather and process physical evidence. Each team
member has a forensic specialty and has been extensively
trained. They can take photographs, diagram and
survey
scenes, gather fingerprints, analyze blood stains
and splatters, determine bullet trajectories,
recover DNA, gather and process the smallest of
clues, and
more. The teams coordinate with the FBI Laboratory
and assist local law enforcement upon request.
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Computer
forensics: We
also have a Computer
Analysis and Response Team,
or CART, that applies this same
evidentiary concept to the digital world.
These forensic examiners are experts at
retrieving
evidence from
a vast array
of digital devices, at processing that
evidence in a way that maintains its integrity
for use
in court,
and at presenting the results of their
findings to investigators.
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St. Louis SWAT personnel
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Tactical support
and crisis response:
We
have a 14-member SWAT
(Specialized
Weapons and Tactics) team that can storm
barricaded buildings and vehicles, breach
locks and
other structures, arrest armed and dangerous
criminals,
rescue hostages, patrol areas and provide
security, navigate tough terrains by climbing
and rappelling,
use special techniques to stop fleeing
cars, and conduct site surveys for special
events.
The team is highly trained and heavily
equipped, with expertise in a variety of
weapons, including
pistols, assault and sniper rifles, and shotguns.
We also have a Hostage Rescue Team designed
specifically to locate and liberate victims
in hostage situations.
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Bomb
recovery and analysis: We have one
special agent bomb technician in St. Louis
who can test
and
render safe a variety of explosive devices.
He responds to calls of suspicious packages
or
objects and is deployed during bombing investigations,
often working closely with our Joint Terrorism
Task Forces. He gathers diagnostic information
from the explosives that may be relayed as
vital intelligence to local investigators
and to the
national Terrorist Explosive Device Analytical
Center. Our bomb tech often works and trains
with local first responders and law enforcement.
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Hazardous
materials: We
have a HAZMAT expert who can respond to terrorist
attacks and criminal incidents involving hazardous
materials—including chemical, biological,
and radiological—working in concert with
local officials and with Weapons of Mass Destruction
experts at FBI Headquarters.
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Translation: Our
group of language specialists can translate
written documents and audio files in a variety
of languages
for terrorism, espionage, and criminal cases.
They also join agents on cases, translating
during live
interviews and even during undercover operations.
For more information on FBI and its capabilities,
see our About
Us webpage.
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