Process Essay: The FBI Training

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The FBI is a federal law enforcement agency. Its primary function is to insure our national security. It operates under The Department of Justice. The FBI has many different departments, each of those tasked with different responsibilities. How the people for these jobs are trained is very important because they hold the protection of civilians in their hands. The question then, is our FBI properly trained to do so? The FBI goes through intense training before they are allowed to do the jobs that they do, some people do not believe that those in the FBI are well equipped enough to have such a large responsibility. The FBI is known for protecting the civilians of our country and helping local law enforcement agencies. How they are trained is a very important aspect when it comes to this. The FBI’s training academy started in 1933 when three policemen and a bureau agent were killed in a gun battle. After this awful event FBI agents were allowed to carry weapons for the first time. In 1934 the Marine Corps let them use their shooting range in Quantico, Virginia. Since then the FBI’s training academy has made many improvements such as modernizing and expanding the academy on …show more content…
But unlike television shows this is real life, which takes real training. One major aspect to the FBI is that they recruit new people to become agents. Not only is this process tedious it also has insanely long hours, which spans from 800 hours in 20 weeks (NewAgent). Not only do they practice in the shooting range and at Hogan’s Alley, the new agents also go through intense physical training as well. they are asked to push their bodies to their breaking points (New Agent). It is so grueling that not all of the people who start the program will make it to see the end. Some get sent home if they do not have the strength and mindset to become an FBI

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