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Municipality Case Example (Drugs and Money Laundering)  In early
2012, FinCEN conducted outreach to all of its state and local
law enforcement partners, and asked for cases where FinCEN data
played a useful role in their investigations. Below, in their
own words, is an example of how FinCEN's stakeholders use FinCEN
data. It has been edited only for confidentiality and privacy
concerns.  The following example is from a local municipality
case. Local police and sheriff's agencies increasingly use
FinCEN records in their investigations. Many local agencies have
representatives on SAR review teams and task forces that share
FinCEN data. In addition, FinCEN has given direct access to some
local agencies with a robust financial crime focus that have a
history of using the data.  "In October of 2010, while observing
a vehicle with an out of state registration and heavily tinted
windows traveling in the Northwest quadrant of the city,
officers conducted a