Focus Shifts From Cargo Theft to Security, ATA Council Told
SAN ANTONIO — Since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, law enforcement agencies have shifted their attention to preventing terrorism and are spending less time on cargo theft crimes, officials told the semi-annual meeting of American Trucking Associations’ Safety and Loss Prevention Management Council.
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With limited resources, law enforcement agencies are “pulling back on working property crimes,” said FBI Special Agent Mike Callahn, who said the agency could use additional agents.
Only a few hundred agents nationwide are currently working property crimes, while approximately 7,000 are investigating terrorist threats, he said.
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