Larry Bettendorf

Background

About Larry Bettendorf

2014 - May 2019 - Group Supervisor/Supervisory Certified Explosives Specialist (CES) ATF Phoenix Group 1 Phoenix Field Division Duties: Supervise special agents and support personnel, manage the expenditures of agent cashier funds, review and approve all written reports, respond to scenes involving explosives incidents, and conduct explosives disposals. - 2014 Special Agent, ATF Phoenix Field Division Duties: Investigate violations of explosive, arson, and firearms statutes by violent suspects. ATF Assignments 2004 to 2014–Phoenix Group V, Arson/Explosives2003 to 2004–Phoenix FBI to 2003 – Phoenix Group II, Firearms1998 - Special Agent/Public Information Officer ATF, Phoenix Field DivisionDuties: Serve as the spokesman for ATF in the Phoenix Field Division. Responsible for all media inquires and interviews. I responded to numerous arson and bombing incidents, and I responded to the Columbine High School shooting to conduct media interviews. I was also responsible for Congressional liaison in Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming.1989 - 1998 Special Agent ATF, Los Angeles Field Division, Santa Ana Field OfficeDuties: Investigate violations of explosive, firearms, and narcotics statutes. Further responsibilities included serving on the Special Response Team (SRT) as both an operator and sniper.2003 - present ATF Certified Explosives Specialist (CES) Duties: Conduct explosives and post-blast investigations, provide safe disposal of recovered, purchased, or forfeited explosive materials, and provide training on all aspects of explosives and post blast investigations.