FBI Buffalo Field Office

The exterior of the FBI Buffalo Field Office building

The FBI Buffalo Field Office is the Federal Bureau of Investigation field office in Buffalo, New York, one of 56 field offices in the United States.

The Buffalo Field Office is responsible for the Western New York region. Its jurisdiction is the same as that of the United States District Court for the Western District of New York: the 17 New York counties of Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Chemung, Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Niagara, Orleans, Ontario, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Wayne, Wyoming, and Yates.[1]

FBI Buffalo Field Office patch

History

M.F. Blackmon
M.F. Blackmon
James H. Robertson
James H. Robertson

The FBI Buffalo Field Office was opened prior to 1925 to handle investigations that took place in western New York.[2] The first special agent in charge of the Field Office was M.F. Blackmon. The division was closed in 1929, but the FBI maintained a presence in Buffalo through a resident agency out of FBI New York (similarity as to what FBI Buffalo currently does in Rochester).[2] The Field Office was re-opened in 1934 and has been in operation ever since.[2] The current Special Agent in Charge of the Buffalo Field Office is James H. Robertson who has served in the capacity since August 2009.[3]

Task forces

FBI Buffalo Field Office's area of responsibility

The Buffalo Field Office maintains three task forces.[4]

Wanted

Unknown bank robber
Unknown bank robber

The Buffalo Field Office has two specific suspects wanted:

Office of Public Affairs

The Office of Public Affairs (OPA) is the public relations office of the Buffalo Field Office. It is charged with "[e]nhancing and maintaining public trust and confidence in the Federal Bureau of Investigation by widely sharing information externally about the FBI's mission, accomplishments, operations and values." The Office uses speeches, reports, public tours, correspondence, the Internet, and community outreach activities in its work. It also works with authors, television and film producers and other interested parties who seek to depict the FBI in their productions.[8]

Investigative programs

The Buffalo FBI Field Office currently runs 15 different programs, all with different tasks and mandates.[9]

Buffalo Cyber Crime Taskforce logo

Specialty programs

Buffalo FBI SWAT officers in a training exercise
Evidence Response Team patch

The Buffalo Field Office maintains two specific Specialty Programs.[18]

Rochester Resident Agency

The Rochester Resident Agency is responsible for all FBI investigative programs in the nine easternmost counties of the Field Office's territory (about 5,300 square miles (14,000 km2) with an estimated 1.25 million residents). It is based in Rochester with a satellite office in Elmira and is staffed by 28 special agents and eight professional staff organized into two squads.[19]

The territory covered by the Resident Agency includes 75 miles (121 km) of Lake Ontario shoreline and ranges from industrial areas of downtown Rochester to large agricultural areas in outlying counties. The area is bisected from north to south by the Genesee River and from east to west by the Erie Canal and the New York State Thruway (Interstate 90). Rochester is home to several large companies, including Eastman Kodak, Bausch & Lomb, and Xerox.[19]

See also

References

  1. "Western New York Counties Covered by the Buffalo Field Office". FBI Buffalo Field Office. Archived from the original on 2008-04-30. Retrieved 2008-07-05.
  2. 1 2 3 "Federal Bureau of Investigation - The Buffalo Division: A Brief History". Federal Bureau of Investigation. FBI Buffalo. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
  3. "Federal Bureau of Investigation - Buffalo - James H. Robertson—Special Agent in Charge". Federal Bureau of Investigation. FBI Buffalo. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Task Forces That Operate Within The Buffalo Division". FBI Buffalo Field Office. Archived from the original on 2008-05-24. Retrieved 2008-07-05.
  5. 1 2 Leitner, Mark (December 16, 2009). "East Side Gang Dismantled". Toronto: WNED. Retrieved 2 January 2010.
  6. "Most Wanted Terrorist - Jaber A. Elbaneh". FBI Buffalo Field Office. Retrieved 2008-07-05.
  7. "FBI Unknown Bank Robber - Xerox Federal Credit Union". FBI Buffalo Field Office. Retrieved 2008-07-05.
  8. "Office Of Public Affairs (OPA)". FBI Buffalo Field Office. Retrieved 2008-07-05.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 "Investigative Programs". FBI Buffalo Field Office. Archived from the original on 2008-04-30. Retrieved 2008-07-05.
  10. "FBI, State and Local Authorities Arrest Four on Child Pornography Charges.". US Newswire. June 1, 2006. Retrieved 2008-09-27.
  11. . Pignataro, T.J (September 29, 2006). "12 men face federal child porn charges.". The Buffalo News. Retrieved 2008-09-27.
  12. "FBI Buffalo Cyber Task Force (BCTF) Identifies and Arrests Child Pornographer". FBI. March 26, 2008. Archived from the original on September 17, 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-03.
  13. Pignataro, T. J. (December 17, 2009). "Three get prison terms for child porn". Buffalo, New York: Buffalo News. Retrieved 2 January 2010.
  14. 1 2 "Buffalo Cyber Task Force". Buffalo Cyber Task Force. Archived from the original on 2008-05-24. Retrieved 2008-07-05.
  15. Van Natta Jr, Don; Schmidt, Michael S.; Austen, Ian (December 15, 2009). "Doctor Who Treated Top Athletes Is Subject of Doping Inquiry". The New York Times. Retrieved December 15, 2009.
  16. Rumberg, Howie (March 11, 2010). "A-Rod: Lawyers are setting up interview with feds". Associated Press. Archived from the original on November 2, 2012. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
  17. "Former Rochester man in court today after Los Angeles arrest for scheme which promised to deliver celebrities for cash". FBI Los Angeles Field Office. July 26, 2007. Retrieved 2008-11-03.
  18. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Specialty Programs". FBI Buffalo Field Office. Archived from the original on 2008-05-24. Retrieved 2008-07-05.
  19. 1 2 "Rochester RA". Buffalo FBI Field Office and Rochester Resident Agency. Archived from the original on 2008-04-24. Retrieved 2008-07-05.

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