2006 DPS Annual Report - Arizona Department of Public Safety

Criminal
Investigations
Division
Vehicle Theft Interdiction (VTI) Services*
FY 2005 FY 2006 % Change
Stolen Vehicles Recovered 2,792 3,004 8.0%
Altered Vehicle Identification Numbers ( VINs) 349 406 16.0%
Estimated Value $30,614,942.00 $31,514,411 3.0%
Chop Shops ** Investigated/Closed 50 38 -24.0%
Felony Arrests 287 296 3.0%
Insurance Fraud Investigations 41 28 -32.0%
Requests for Services 1209 1005 -17.0%
Community Education Programs 16 38 137.5%
Law Enforcement Officers Trained 464 1406 203%
Agencies Participating in VTI Task Force 16 16 0.0%
Border Details 62 (new statistic) 0.0%
* Statistics represent work of DPS and officers from 18 other agencies participating in the VTI task force.
** Chop shop: a place where stolen vehicles are stripped of salable parts.
Source: Criminal Investigations Division
Intelligence Bureau / AcTIC
• Manages the Arizona Counter Terrorism Information Center (AcTIC) a joint effort between the
Department of Public Safety, Arizona Office of Homeland Security, Federal Bureau of Investigation
and participating agencies.
• AcTIC provides tactical and strategic intelligence collection; analysis and dissemination support to
local, state, tribal and federal law enforcement agencies and is the states central point of contact for
criminal intelligence and counter terrorism issues.
• Provides investigative support involving general, domestic and international related terrorism.
• Operates a Watch Center for the monitoring and review of events occurring in Arizona and throughout
the nation.
• Identifies and completes background research on suspects involved in criminal activity and locates
suspects under investigation by criminal justice agencies.
• Reviews and analyzes evidentiary materials related to criminal activity and converts such materials
into charts and reports.
• Provides graphic support capabilities to law enforcement entities in suspect and location identification.
• Publishes intelligence bulletins for dissemination to criminal justice agencies.
• Publishes informational bulletins for dissemination to public and private sector agencies.
• Administers the Arizona criminal intelligence database, a component of the Southwest Border States
Anti-Drug Information System that provides criminal justice agencies in California, New Mexico,
Texas and Arizona a network database of intelligence information.
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