11 Facts About FBI Police

1.

FBI Police is the uniformed security police of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and is part of the Bureau's Security Division.

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FBI has a cooperative agreement with the Metropolitan Police Department for the FBI Police to carry out protective duties outside of its regular patrol areas in Washington, D C of the J Edgar Hoover building and the Washington field office.

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3.

Primary role of the FBI Police is to deter terrorist attacks with the visible presence of a well trained, well equipped, professional police force; and provide protective security for FBI facilities from criminal acts and unauthorized access, including protecting FBI employees, official visitors and tourists.

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4.

FBI Police routinely assist in the protection of the Director of the FBI and the Attorney General.

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5.

FBI Police were deployed in support of the Hurricane Katrina effort in Louisiana and in 2010 deployed to Puerto Rico to assist with an arrest operation.

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6.

FBI Police recruits are required to complete a twelve-week Uniformed Police Officer Training Program at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center followed by a four-week FBI Police Advanced Training Program at the FBI Academy and then complete five weeks of on-the-job training with a Field Training Officer in the Field Training Program.

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7.

Salaries in the FBI Police are determined via a basic pay plan set out under the General Schedule .

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8.

Promotion opportunities within FBI Police come with increased pay, with Corporals earning in the GS-10 band, going up the Colonel earning GS-13 pay.

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9.

Additionally, FBI Police officers are covered under the Federal Employee Retirement System and do not receive enhanced Law Enforcement Retirement .

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10.

The FBI Police are among the lowest paid Federal Law Enforcement Officers in the United States, and have the highest attrition rate at 17.

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11.

The complaint alleged that the FBI had not complied with a 2002 statute, part of the FBI Reform Act, that mandated that the FBI police force be paid the same pay and benefits as members of the Uniformed Division of the United States Secret Service.

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