Crime Gun Intelligence

North Florida HIDTA has recently established a new Crime Gun Intelligence program through funding from the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP)

About CGI

The North Florida HIDTA has recently established a new Crime Gun Intelligence program through funding from the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), which allowed for two new Crime Gun Intelligence Officers (CGIOs) to join our team. Through a partnership with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), our team will be working to prevent and reduce gun violence and other violent crime associated with drug trafficking. Our initiatives are required to provide seized firearm information which is provided to our CGIOs for the purpose of developing intelligence leads and strategic analysis.

CGI Mission

The mission of this project is to close critical gaps in crime gun intelligence and drug intelligence. It focuses on supporting state and local law enforcement, as well as ATF and other federal law enforcement entities, to identify, disrupt and dismantle the most violent DTOs in the region and beyond.

CGICs are an interagency collaboration focused on the immediate collection, management, and analysis of crime gun evidence, such as shell casings, in real-time, to identify shooters, disrupt criminal activity, and to prevent future violence. CGICs rely on an ongoing collaboration between the ATF, local police department, the local crime laboratory, probation and parole, local police gang units, prosecuting attorneys, U.S. Attorney’s Office, crime analysts, community groups, and academic organizations.