Friday, October 15, 2010

FBI Announces New Website to Assist in Capturing Wanted Bank Robbers

PHOENIX, AZ—Phoenix FBI Special Agent in Charge Nathan Gray announced a new website that will assist the FBI‘s Bank Robbery Task Force and our law enforcement partners in tracking, identifying, and capturing wanted bank robbers throughout Arizona. 

The new website is a joint effort between the FBI Phoenix Division and Electronic Tracking Systems (ETS), a Carrollton, Texas based leader in asset tracking systems. The first of the BanditTracker® sites was designed in 2007 by the FBI and ETS. ETS specializes in tracking and location. In addition, ETS works closely with law enforcement, financial institutions, and businesses to capture bank robbers. The website, www.BanditTrackerArizona.com, features color photos and descriptions of bank robbers. This site will provide 24-hour access for the public, bank employees, and the news media. The public will be able to provide confidential information to law enforcement.

SAC Nathan Gray said, “The system being provided by ETS will greatly enhance the FBI and our law enforcement partners’ capabilities to identify and capture bank robbers. It will also provide an avenue for the public to assist law enforcement in identifying wanted bank robbers which is critical to these types of investigations.”

Joe Ares, Regional Managing Director of ETS said, “We are very pleased that the ETS-facilitated Community Coalition, consisting of financial institutions, law enforcement agencies and our company can provide the unique support offered by the BanditTracker® site to aid our law enforcement partners in Arizona.”

The FBI Bank Robbery Task Force is comprised of the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, Mesa Police Department, Phoenix Police Department, and the FBI.

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