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Contact Local Law Enforcement Authorities
Contacting the local law enforcement authorities
is
essential to the quick recovery of explosives
taken
in a crime.
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Contact Local ATF Office
The local ATF office will work with the local
law
enforcement authorities investigating the theft.
They can also assist in the preparation of the
Theft/
Loss Report for submission to the U.S. Bomb Data
Center.
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Contact U.S. Bomb Data Center
Telephone Numbers: 1-800-461-8841
or
1-888-283-2662 (ATF-BOMB)
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Ensure Safety and Preserve Evidence
You are first and foremost
responsible for making
sure that you and your employees are safe! Do
not enter a crime scene until law enforcement
authorities indicate that it is safe. Do not
disturb
the crime scene until law enforcement
authorities
have completed evidence gathering. Unless you
are asked to assist, avoid the temptation to
assess
damage/losses until they are finished.
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Prepare ATF Report of Theft or Loss
(ATF F 5400.5)
A Report of Theft or
Loss—Explosive Materials
must be prepared when a theft of explosives from
a licensee or permittee’s inventory occurs.
Submit
the original to ATF and keep a copy for your
records. Although the U.S. Bomb Data Center
should be notified as soon as possible, Federal
law requires notification within 24 hours of the
discovery.
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Notify ATF of Any Recovered Explosives
It is not uncommon to find that
explosive
materials initially thought to have been part of
a
group of stolen materials were in fact sold
lawfully
or are still in inventory. If explosive
materials
are inaccurately reported as stolen, it hampers
law enforcement’s ability to solve the crime or
may jeopardize prosecution. Please immediately
correct inaccurate reports.
