BONUS: Ballistics Explained with ATF Special Agent in Charge, Chris Amon.

The Prosecutors

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🗓️ 1 October 2024

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Ballistics are a critical forensic tool in criminal investigations today, but how they work is a mystery to most people. We discuss the science of ballistics with ATF Special Agent in Charge Chris Amon. Christopher Amon was appointed as the Special Agent in Charge for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Chicago Field Division in March of 2023. As the Special Agent in Charge, Mr. Amon has responsibility over ATF operations in the Northern and Central Districts of Illinois, The Eastern District of Wisconsin, and the Northern District of Indiana. Before arriving in Chicago, SAC Amon served as the Assistant Special Agent in Charge in the Washington Field Division since August 2020. In this role, Special Agent Amon supervised all ATF criminal enforcement operations in Washington, D.C. Prior to this assignment, SAC Amon served as Chief of the Firearms Operation Division at ATF Headquarters, managing the National Integrated Ballistics Information Network (NIBIN), the NIBIN National Correlation and Training Center (NNCTC), and ATF’s Crime Gun Intelligence Programs. He was also the Chairman of the National Crime Gun Intelligence Governing Board consisting of Chiefs of Police, United States Attorneys, District Attorneys, and Laboratory Directors from major cities nationwide. SAC Amon began his career as a Special Agent in the Denver Field Division in 2005. He investigated violent crime and firearms trafficking organizations and was a crisis negotiator of ATF’s Los Angeles Special Response Team. Get Prosecutors Podcast Merch: https://www.bonfire.com/store/prosecutors-podcast/ Join the Gallery on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/4oHFF4agcAvBhm3o/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ProsecutorsPod Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/prosecutorspod/ Check out our website for case resources: https://prosecutorspodcast.com/ Hang out with us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@prosecutorspod

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0:00.0	I'm Alice and I'm Brett and this is the prosecutor's legal police. Oh, Welcome. Welcome back to the prosecutor's legal briefs. I'm your host Alice and I'm
0:38.0	joined as always by my ballistic co-host Brett. I'm so angry right now Alice now that's that's not what this is about at all this is another one of those awesome interviews our favorite ones where we don't have to talk much because we have someone so much more impressive and intelligent to talk about crime gun intelligence than we are.
0:55.7	Absolutely. You guys have been asking for more information about ballistics explosives, ATF,
1:02.2	you know you hear about it in many of the cases that we cover, but we are not the experts, so what do we do best? We bring on the experts and today we have an incredible guest.
1:13.0	We have special agent in charge, Christopher Aeman,
1:16.0	who was appointed as the sack of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms,
1:21.0	and explosives of the Chicago Field Division in March of 2003.
1:26.4	For those of you who know the acronyms and the alphabet soup, Chris is a huge deal in the ATF, and's based in Chicago which if you follow true crime it might be a very active part.
1:38.0	He's been in a ATF for about 20 years.
1:41.3	While he has been at a ATF he was chief of the Firearms Operation Division, managing
1:46.2	the National Integrated Ballistics Information Network, some of you may know it as NIBEN, and the NIBEN National Correlation and Training Center and
1:56.1	ATF's crime gun intelligence programs.
1:59.7	I could go on and on, but you guys don't want to hear me talk about Chris. You want to hear from
2:05.4	Chris himself. Thank you so much for being here. Is it okay if I call you Chris? In the
2:10.4	field we of course would call you the sack.
2:13.0	No, that's fine.
2:14.0	Thank you for that kind introduction.
2:15.0	That was really nice.
2:16.0	I'm really not that impressive,
2:18.0	but I will replay that for my mom someday.
2:20.0	Thank you.
2:21.0	Well, I didn't do you justice, and can you just give our listeners a little bit of background as to how someone in your position gets to this position?
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