LOS ANGELES – –Steven J. Bogdalek has
been named the new Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of the Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Los Angeles Field Division, which
encompasses the southern portion of the state of California.
Bogdalek began his career with ATF in
1987 as a Special Agent in Detroit and most recently served as the Assistant
Special Agent in Charge (ASAC) of the St. Paul Field Division.
“I am pleased to lead the ATF Los
Angeles Field Division in its continued effort of combating violent crime,”
said Bogdalek. “We will continue to actively engage in the disruption of
individual’s criminal use of firearms, explosives, and a host of other illegal
activity with our state and local partners.”
He spent several years assigned to an
Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force, (OCDETF), which was responsible
for investigating and dismantling dozens of violent drug organizations on the
east and west sides of Detroit for various narcotic and firearm violations.
He was promoted to the Resident Agent in
Charge (RAC) of the ATF Field Office in Toledo, Ohio in 1998. In addition to
leading special agents in conducting criminal investigations of violent gang
members, firearms traffickers and explosives investigations, he was
instrumental in forging working relationships with state and local law
enforcement, county prosecutors and the United States Attorney’s Office.
In 2000, Bogdalek was assigned as the
Branch Chief of the Firearms Enforcement Branch in the ATF headquarters in
Washington, D.C. He was responsible for reviewing and monitoring the agency's
significant firearms investigations for emerging criminal trends nationally and
internationally. He had direct oversight of ATF programs that monitored illegal
firearms trafficking investigations, interstate theft of firearms, the
importation of machineguns, and the administrative oversight of licensed
federal firearms dealers. He worked directly with the National Shooting Sports
Foundation in developing and implementing the “Don’t Lie for the Other Guy”
program which assists licensed firearms dealers in detecting and deterring the
illegal purchase of firearms.
Bogdalek was promoted to the Assistant
Special Agent in Charge of the St. Paul Field Division in 2002, overseeing five
criminal enforcement groups and one intelligence group in a three-state area.
In St. Paul Field Division his groups were instrumental in the investigation,
arrest and conviction of numerous violent street gangs. In 2008 he was
appointed as the ATF On-Scene-Commander for the Republican National Convention
in St. Paul, Minn. He worked jointly with the U. S. Secret Service and the
Federal Bureau of Investigation in the development and implementation of the
explosive device mitigation plan to be used during the event.
Bogdalek is a native of Chicago. He
played four years of football for Michigan State University and was selected to
the All Big 10 team in 1986. During the 1986 National Football League draft he
was selected by the Philadelphia Eagles as an offensive lineman. Bogdalek, his
wife, and their four sons, look forward to becoming part of the ATF Los Angeles
Field Division family.
More information on ATF and its programs
can be found at ATF.gov/.
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