Previous military experience may count toward this requirement, as well as internships in special circumstances. All roles within the FBI include extensive background checks for security and suitability. They conduct thorough investigations, looking into drug use, work experience, criminal behavior, family history and more. In some cases, investigators may interview friends, family and neighbors of the applicant. They live on campus taking classes in general academics, investigative subjects, firearms and intense exercise and fitness.
Toward the end of the program at Quantico, candidates take a fitness test involving push-ups, sit-ups, pull-ups, a meter sprint and a timed 1. Candidates must pass this test to graduate from the program. Some roles within the FBI require additional education. For example, forensic accountants require higher qualifications than standard accountants. The academy, itself, also provides specific courses with further training for the individual role.
Those seeking careers as an agent have five major paths to choose from: intelligence, counterintelligence, counter-terrorism, criminal and cyber. The following roles include some of the most prominent options:. Primary duties: A surveillance investigator collaborates with clients or other witnesses to substantiate evidence. They research suspects, follow them and film their activities, if necessary.
While doing so, investigators analyze data to find crucial details that lead to an arrest. They document and report all findings. Surveillance investigators are essential for countering threats, both foreign and domestic. They travel frequently and work irregular hours. Many investigators find themselves adapting to new and unique situations frequently. Edgar Hoover to the office of Director.
Hoover immediately began reviewing procedures and agent records. He personally reviewed every agent's file, and was amazed at how many agents were on staff solely because of political connections or favors. He fired more than of them within a few months [ ref ]. Then, Hoover raised the standards for hiring new agents, requiring college educations and law enforcement experience. He created rules and regulations for agent conduct and investigative procedure, ensuring that Bureau activity would be uniform across the nation.
As Hoover put it, "We all should be concerned with only one goal -- the eradication of crime. Hoover was also responsible for many reforms in the field of criminal investigation. This academy trained FBI agents as well as numerous local and state police officers.
Another Hoover innovation was the Ten Most Wanted list. Created in , this list provides photos and information on the ten fugitives in no particular order the FBI most wants to catch, and is posted in public places such as post offices. As of , people had been shown on the list, and had been captured. Today, the Ten Most Wanted list is available online. The Bureau investigated German and Japanese spies during the war and rooted out Communists in the post-war years.
The Bureau tracks known terrorists and cooperates with other agencies, such as the CIA, and intelligence and law enforcement agencies from other countries to gather information. Unlike many other government agencies, the FBI was not folded into the Department of Homeland Security -- it continues to operate within the Department of Justice. FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover amassed a lot of political power during his tenure -- much of it acquired by using the FBI to intimidate and gather incriminating information about his opponents.
After Hoover's death in , some of his personal files were transferred to former agent Mark Felt, the man who was later revealed as "Deep Throat" in the Watergate scandal.
The files contained gossip on entertainers, intimidating letters sent to Martin Luther King, Jr. At times, Hoover's drive to root out subversives within the United States bordered on paranoia.
In a magazine interview, he proclaimed that American was threatened by "a new style in conspiracy -- conspiracy that is extremely subtle and devious and hence difficult to understand. A conspiracy reflected by questionable moods and attitudes, by unrestrained individualism, by nonconformism in dress and speech, even by obscene language, rather than by formal membership in specific organizations" [ ref ].
Both in life and in death, persistent rumors pegged Hoover as a deeply closeted homosexual and cross-dresser, and that proof was in the hands of the Mafia. However, solid evidence of these allegations has never been found. In , Congress granted FBI agents the authority to carry guns. For many years, the standard FBI gun was the. In the s, the Bureau switched to 10mm semi-automatic handguns.
These weapons proved to be too powerful for standard duty, and. During training at the FBI Academy, agents fire 3, Because the FBI's mission continues to evolve and has such a wide scope, it has developed many different divisions to process information and handle incidents. Let's look at each of these divisions in detail.
This makes sense because the collection, analysis and comparison of crime scene data is some of the FBI's most important work. The IAFIS contains the fingerprints of more than 47 million subjects and is the largest database of its kind in the world. It stores detailed information on crimes committed across the United States, regardless of which organization originally investigated the crime.
Law enforcement agencies at the national, state and local levels can access both the IAFIS and the information contained in the NCIC, helping them identify criminals who may move from place to place by spotting patterns and similarities between crimes. Law enforcement agencies can also use the services of the Laboratory Division.
As one of the largest forensic laboratories in the world, the FBI Crime Lab has conducted more than one million forensic examinations and pioneers new techniques in forensic analysis. The laboratory conducts forensic investigations on all types of physical evidence, including DNA, blood, hair, fibers, latent fingerprints, documents, handwriting and firearms. Legal Careers Career Profiles. Part of. Table of Contents Expand. Table of Contents. FBI Agent Salary.
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Part Of. Your Privacy Rights. To change or withdraw your consent choices for TheBalanceCareers. The involvement of the FBI often forces thieves to make rash decisions, and the extra manpower can help to solve crimes quickly. Divisions The FBI operates a number of divisions that are designed to solve certain types of crime.
There is a cyber crimes division, a division devoted to art theft and a host of other divisions that target specific crimes. The agents that work in these divisions become well-versed in the crime that they investigate.
This training helps the FBI close major cases, and that same training is put to good use when the FBI is assisting other law enforcement agencies. Cases must meet the requirements for federal jurisdiction, but FBI agents do not work on foreign soil. The FBI can investigate people who have left the country, but the FBI must pass on information to other investigative branches to handle the arrests of such criminals.
The FBI academy is a competitive institution that only takes the most qualified applicants.
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