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FROM THE ALL OHIO SCANNER CLUB:
SYSTEM PROFILE - The FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
History
The FBI traces its roots back to the year 1908 when then U.S. Attorney General
Charles Bonaparte directed that Department of Justice investigations be handled
by a small group of special investigators. The group was formed as the Bureau
of Investigation and, in 1935, the present day name was designated by Congress.
Duties
The primary functions of the FBI and its agents are the investigations of
violations of certain Federal statutes and the collection of evidence in cases
in which the United States is or may be an interested party. The FBI performs
other duties specifically imposed by law or Presidential directive and conducts
a number of service activities for other law enforcement agencies. The FBI can
investigate a matter only when it has authority to do so under a law passed by
Congress or on instructions of the President or the Attorney General.
The FBI is not a Federal police force, it is a fact-finding organization
investigating violations of Federal laws and its authority is strictly limited
to matters within its jurisdiction. FBI agents may make arrests without a
warrant for any Federal offense committed in their presence, or when they have
reasonable grounds to believe that the person to be arrested has committed or
is attempting to commit a felony violation of United States laws. Agents may
also make arrests by warrant.
Agents do not make arrests for "investigation" or "on suspicion". Before
arrests are made, if at all possible, the facts of each case are presented tom
the U.S. Attorney who decides whether or not a Federal violation has occurred
and, if so, the U.S. Attorney may authorize agents to file a complaint which
serves as the basis of the arrest warrant.
The FBI has no authority to investigate local crimes which are not within its
jurisdiction. The FBI will, however, render all possible assistance to the
local police through the FBI Laboratory and Identification Division. The FBI
LID maintains fingerprint files on approximately 70 million (yes, million)
people. The FBI also maintains the National Crime Information Center (NCIC)
which keeps records of missing persons, serialized stolen property, wanted
persons for whom an arrest warrant is outstanding, and criminal histories on
individuals arrested and fingerprinted for serious or significant offenses.
The NCIC is a computerized information system established by the FBI as a
service to all criminal justice agencies- local, state and Federal. The
information can be instantly retrieved over a vast communications network
through the use of telecommunications equipment in criminal justice centers in
various locations in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. Many times when
monitoring the local or county police/sheriff departments a reference to a NCIC
check is heard.
The FBI is involved in criminal investigations and foreign counterintelligence
efforts. Most notably criminal investigations are those of bank robberies and
kidnapping cases. The FBI can also investigate criminal activity associated
with interstate transportation of stolen property, and the FBI can investigate
graft and corruption cases of local government under certain circumstances.
Department of Justice offices mat be found on some military installations as
the FBI has jurisdiction when a crime involves Government property, or funds,
or when only civilians are involved.
The FBI's responsibility with respect to foreign counterintelligence, within
the United States, is to detect, lawfully counteract, and/or prevent espionage
and other clandestine intelligence activities, sabotage, international
terrorist activities, or assassinations conducted for or on behalf of foreign
powers, organizations, or persons. The FBI also investigates murders,
kidnappings, and assaults against foreign diplomatic officials while in the
United States, as well as damage to property of foreign governments in the
United States.
Organization
The FBI is an agency within the U.S. Department of Justice, which is lead by
the U.S. Attorney General. The head of the FBI is the Director who is appointed
by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. Assistant directors
are the next level of command within the FBI. The FBI has ten assistant
directors who are accountable to the Director for all matters within their
sphere of operations.
The FBI has 59 field offices located in major cities throughout the United
States and in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Each, with the exception of the New York
Office which is headed by an Assistant Director, is under the direct
supervision of a Special Agent In Charge (SAIC). The SAIC is supervised and
receives directions from the FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Each FBI Field Office has Resident Agencies which are local offices in some of
the larger cities within the field offices jurisdiction. Refer to the FBI field
office map for the sectioning of the field offices across the United States.
The following list of the field offices and associated data was generated by
data contributed from several readers who wish to remain anonymous and from
this editor.
Location F.O. Telephone No. Call Letters RA's
Albany, NY 12201 1 518 465 7551 KEC 250 - 262 8
Albuquerque, NM 87102 2 505 247 1555 6
Alexandria, VA 3 KFQ 240 - 244 3
Anchorage, AK 99513 4 907 276 4441 2
Atlanta, GA 30303 5 404 521 3900 KIE 300 - 311 8
Baltimore, MD 21207 6 301 265 8080 KGB 747 - 756 9
Birmingham, AL 35203 7 205 252 7705 5
Boston, MA 02203 8 617 742 5533 KCB 800 - 814 12
Buffalo, NY 14202 9 716 856 7800 KEX 590 - 595 3
Butte, MT 59702 10 406 782 2304 13
Charlotte, NC 28217 11 704 529 1030 KEV 220 - 228 8
Chicago, IL 60604 12 312 431 1333 KSC 210 - 217 4
Cincinnati, OH 45202 13 513 421 4310 KQC 390 - 399 8
Cleveland, OH 44199 14 216 522 1400 KEX 740 - 750 9
Columbia, SC 29201 15 803 254 3011 KEX 820 - 830 8
Dallas, TX 75202 16 214 720 2200 8
Denver, CO 80202 17 303 629 7171 7
Detroit, MI 48226 18 313 965 2323 KEX 760 - 772 12
El Paso, TX 79901 19 915 533 7451 1
Honolulu, HI 96850 20 808 521 1411 0
Houston, TX 77008 21 713 868 2266 3
Indianapolis, IN 46204 22 317 639 3301 KEX 780 - 790 9
Jackson, MS 39269 23 601 948 5000 9
Jacksonville, FL 32211 24 904 721 1211 7
Kansas City, MO 64106 25 816 221 6100 KEX 570 - 582 9
Knoxville, TN 37902 26 615 544 0751 KEV 240 - 246 6
Las Vegas, NV 89104 27 702 385 1281 2
Little Rock, AR 72211 28 501 221 9100 KFQ 200 - 208 7
Los Angeles, CA 90024 29 213 477 6565 KMC 250 - 275 25
Louisville, KY 40202 30 502 583 3941 KIA 320 - 332 12
Memphis, TN 38103 31 901 525 7373 6
Miami, FL 33169 32 305 944 9101 KEV 300 - 305 4
Milwaukee, WI 53202 33 414 276 4684 KSC 220 - 228 6
Minneapolis, MN 55401 34 612 339 7861 14
Mobile, AL 36602 35 205 438 3674 5
Newark, NJ 07102 36 201 622 5613 KEX 620 - 628 6
New Haven, CT 06510 37 203 777 6311 KEX 600 - 606 4
New Orleans, LA 70113 38 504 522 4671 6
New York, NY 10278 39 212 553 2700 KEC 270 - 283 ?
Norfolk, VA 23510 40 804 623 3111 KEX 340 - 341 1
Oklahoma City, OK 73118 41 405 842 7471 11
Omaha, NE 68102 42 402 348 1210 9
Philade