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The FBI Academy, located on Marine Corps Base Quantico in Quantico, Virginia, is the training site for new Special Agents of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation. It was first opened for use in 1972 on 385 acres (1.6 km²) of woodland. It is a relatively small government academy, housing three dormitory buildings and associated facilities. Federal law enforcement officers from the FBI and Drug Enforcement Administration undergo training courses here. FBI agents currently have a 20-week long training course.
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Facilities [edit]
The main training complex has three dormitory buildings, a dining hall, library, a classroom building, a Forensic Science Research and Training Center, a 1,000-seat auditorium, a chapel, administrative offices, a large gymnasium and outside track, along with a fully equipped garage. In addition to the main complex, there is a mock city known as Hogan's Alley, which consists of facades replicating a small town. The Hogan's Alley facades are primarily used for FBI and Drug Enforcement Administration New Agent Training, while behind the facades are fully functioning classrooms, audio-visual facilities, storage areas, and administrative and maintenance offices. Just beyond Hogan's Alley is a 1.1-mile pursuit driving/defensive driving training track. The extensive firearms training provided to all FBI/DEA and other law enforcement officers is conducted at the indoor firing range, the eight outdoor firing ranges, four skeet ranges, or the 200-yard rifle range. The FBI Academy is a secured facility and, as such, is not open to the public for tours.
Units [edit]
The units that reside here are the Field and Police Training Unit, Firearms Training Unit, Forensic Science Research and Training Center, Technology Services Unit (TSU), Investigative Training Unit, Law Enforcement Communication Unit, Leadership and Management Science Unit's (LSMU), Outreach and Communications Unit (OCU), Physical Training Unit, New Agents' Training Unit (NATU), Practical Applications Unit (PAU), and the Investigative Computer Training Unit (ICTU).[2] Most of these are training units for developing new field agents, but they are also used to help get other agents up to date on new techniques through in-service training.
Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) [edit]
The Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) is a component of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation's National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime (NCAVC) that uses behavioral sciences to assist in criminal investigations. The mission of the NCAVC and the BAUs is to provide behavioral based investigative and/or operational support by applying case experience, research, and training to complex and time-sensitive crimes, typically involving acts or threats of violence. which an example could be seen on the ION television show CRIMINAL MINDS
Technology Services Unit (TSU) [edit]
The Technology Services Unit is a part of the FBI Training Division as well as being the host to a number of technological services which aid in the instruction of new agents. Such services include the following: Audio/Visual services, Engineering Technology Services, The FBI Training Network (FBITN), Graphic Services, Information Technology Services (ITS), Photography Services, and Video Services.
The Forensic Science Research and Training Center [edit]
The Forensic Science Research and Training Center is considered a world-class forensic laboratory, as well as a world-class center for forensic studies in the areas of biochemistry, genetics, chemistry, and physics.
The FBI National Academy [edit]
The FBI National Academy is an independent program for U.S. and international law enforcement leaders. The program focuses on leadership and the administration of justice in state and local law enforcement. The National Academy conducts four ten week sessions each year for groups of American and international law enforcement executives.
In popular culture [edit]
- In Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Elliot Stabler has a video conference from the FBI Academy
- The FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia, is one of the main locations in Thomas Harris' bestseller The Silence Of The Lambs, and its film adaptation. It is also shown briefly in the film Mindhunters while the "Crime City" where much of the film takes placed is based largely on Hogan's Alley.
- In the CBS series, Criminal Minds Quantico serves as the homebase of the Behavioral Analysis Unit.
- The television series The X-Files mentions it as the characters are FBI agents.
- The character of Don Eppes on the television series NUMB3RS is quoted as having decided to attend Quantico and join the FBI when he realized that his baseball career had little hope of advancing beyond Double-A teams. One of the members of his team at the beginning of the series, Terry Lake, attended Quantico at the same time and they had an intimate relationship during that period. Don is also mentioned as having taught tactical training classes at Quantico later in his career, sometime between leaving the Fugitive Recovery division and becoming a Special Agent in Charge (SAC) at the FBI office in Albuquerque, New Mexico. One of his students from that time, Liz Warner, becomes a member of his team and mentions having been attracted to him during her time as a cadet, which opens the door for a brief relationship between the two characters during the series.
- In the USA series White Collar the FBI agents on occasion mention their training at Quantico.
- It appears in several books from the Kay Scarpetta series by Patricia Cornwell.
- It was mentioned frequently throughout the film American Psycho 2
- In Season 1, Episode 18 of the TV show FlashForward titled "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" there are lots of flashbacks of Janis going through Quantico.
- In "The Trouble with Trillions", the twentieth episode of the ninth season of the animated television series The Simpsons, the FBI uses a surveillance van with the words Two Guys From Quantico Pizza on the side.
- Much of the James Patterson thriller, The Big Bad Wolf, is set at the FBI Academy at Quantico where the novel's protagonist, Alex Cross, attends numerous courses and training programs.
- In the film Shooter, Agent Nick Memphis is an FBI agent who recently graduated from the FBI academy.
- In the film Point Break, the lead character Johnny Utah is a recent Quantico graduate.
- In the Syfy series Haven, the lead character Audrey Parker remembers being trained at Quantico.
- In the SyFy series Sanctuary, one of the main characters Will Zimmerman is a graduate of Quantico.
References [edit]
- ^ a b c d "Quick Facts". Federal Bureau of Investigation. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
- ^ "FBI Academy". Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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