THE FBI IN LOS ANGELES
PERSONNEL: 450 agents and 250 support staff.
JURISDICTION: Covers 41,000 square miles, population 15 million, in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Luis Opispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura counties and Edwards Air Force Base in Kern County.
LOCATIONS: Headquarters in Federal Building in Westwood with 11 satellite offices at Los Angeles Airport, Barstow, Palm Springs, Riverside, Redondo Beach, Long Beach, West Covina, Santa Ana, Santa Barbara, Ventura and Santa Maria.
PRODUCTIVITY: Top FBI office in nation with average of 570 felony convictions a year over last three years.
ORGANIZATION: Special Agent-in-Charge (SAC):
Richard T. Bretzing
Adm. Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge (ASAC):
(Responsibilities include administration, SWAT team and air support.) James W. Nelson
Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge for White-Collar Crime Section
William J. Stollhans
(Oversees major fraud, embezzlement, government fraud and defense kickback investigations.) Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge for Criminal/Organized Crime Section
Jim. E. Moody
(Bank robbery, narcotics, organized crime, kidnaping, extortion, theft of government property.) Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge for Foreign Counterintelligence, Terrorism Section
P. Bryce Christensen
(Counterespionage squads including special units focused on espionage activities of the Soviet Union, China and Eastern European Bloc countries.)
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