I'm not sure what you mean by this exactly. What does "federal credentials" mean?
JTTFs are manned by both federal and local LEOs. The Chicago JTTF, for example, absolutely includes detectives from both Chicago Police Department and Cook County Sheriff's Police.
According to Gomez, as I understood him, when they're doing federal JTTF work, they display federal JTTF credentials. But he also said the term has lost meaning; it's used as a catch-all for specialized teams of any sort doing CT work.
I see. I've not seen authoritative JTTF credentials, or if I did I didn't look at it closely. I have seen a JTTF badge printed on an LEO business card, but I hadn't actually considered that there might actually be a legit JTTF shield!
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I'm not sure what you mean by this exactly. What does "federal credentials" mean?
JTTFs are manned by both federal and local LEOs. The Chicago JTTF, for example, absolutely includes detectives from both Chicago Police Department and Cook County Sheriff's Police.
According to Gomez, as I understood him, when they're doing federal JTTF work, they display federal JTTF credentials. But he also said the term has lost meaning; it's used as a catch-all for specialized teams of any sort doing CT work.
I see. I've not seen authoritative JTTF credentials, or if I did I didn't look at it closely. I have seen a JTTF badge printed on an LEO business card, but I hadn't actually considered that there might actually be a legit JTTF shield!