The Many Hats Of An ATF Agent In The Criminal Justice Field

Society must find ways to deal with violentbenefits. In this regard, the ATF agent must
crimes. Oftentimes controlling the things that leadinvestigate to make sure an explosive incident
to these crimes play an important role in reducingwas not done for the chance to collect profits
them. This is where the ATF Agent comes in.from such incident. Doing this, the agent can save
The US law gives the agent the power tothe public and insurance companies millions of
combat the things that lead to these violentdollars. 4.An ATF agent can be called to wear the
crimes. In this article, I will discuss the many hatshat of a regulator. The Bureau of Alcohol,
an ATF Agent can wear in his or her quest toTobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is in
stop or reduce violent crime. 1.The ATF agent cancharge of regulating the manufacture of Alcohol,
be called to wear the hat of an investigator. WhenTobacco, Firearms and Explosives in the United
there is violent crime that involves firearms, anStates. For example, a tobacco company may
ATF agent may be called to investigate thehave a new cigarette it wants to market to the
source of the firearm. In this investigation, thepublic. ATF agent or agents will be charged with
agent will trace the origin of the firearm used.testing this new cigarette in the ATF lab. This test
This origin will start from the point of purchase towill determine if the cigarette can be released to
the point of manufacture. This way, it can bethe public. Another example is the manufacture of
determined if the person that had the firemanfirearms. Can you imagine the prospect of
had the right to have it. 2.The ATF agent can beunregulated manufacture of firearms to the
called to wear the hat of a licenser. Federal lawspublic? The current situation with all its regulations
require that people bearing arm be licensed. ATFis violent enough. An unregulated firearms industry
agents are oftentimes asked to issue thesewill be more violent than what we have today. In
licenses. In the process of issuing this license, thesummary, the ATF agent can indeed wear many
agent must make sure the person applying forhats. I have only scratched the surface. There are
the license meets the basic qualifications for suchmany more hats agents can be called to wear as
license. The last thing you want is for knownthey perform their day to day duties. Note: You
violent criminals to carry arms. 3.The ATF agentare free to reprint or republish this article. The
may be called to wear the hat of insurance fraudonly condition is that the Resource Box should be
investigator. A lot of violent crimes involve arsonincluded and the links are live links.
and explosives. Usually the arson will involve usingCopywrite Kenneth Echie. Kenneth is a writer for
explosives to set things on fire for insuranceCriminal Justice Schools and Degrees.