Editing Joint Terrorism Task Force (section)

{{Short description|Multi-agency law enforcement partnerships in the United States}}
[[File:FBI-NYPD Joint Terrorist Task Force.jpg|thumb|The FBI–NYPD Joint Terrorism Task Force moving evidence]]
A '''Joint Terrorism Task Force''' ('''JTTF''') is an American locally-based multi-agency partnership between various federal, state, and local [[law enforcement agencies]] tasked with investigating [[terrorism]] and terrorism-related crimes, led by the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] and [[U.S. Department of Justice]].<ref name="Bjelopera">Jerome P. Bjelopera, [https://fas.org/sgp/crs/terror/R41780.pdf The Federal Bureau of Investigation and Terrorism Investigations], Congressional Research Service (April 24, 2013).</ref> The first JTTFs were established in the 1980s and 1990s, with their numbers increasing dramatically after the [[September 11 attacks]].<ref name="Bjelopera" />