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Researched by Sydnee F.
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Research Summary
Basic Facts
F.B.I stands for Federal Bureau of Investigation. F.B.I agents
enforce federal laws. The agents work for the government and their director
is Louis J. Freech. There are about 22,000 men and about 9,400 women working
for the F.B.I! Their motto is "fidelity, bravery, integrity. Their nick-name
is G-men, standing for government men (even though over 1\4 are women today.)
Responsibilities
F.B.I agents cover things like bank robbery, bombings, fraud,
drug enforcement, postal violations, anti-trust violations, kidnapping,
and civil rights. They investigate racketeering, which is forcing people
or businesses to pay money due to threats of violence. They also cover
counterfeiting, which is making fake money or signing a fake signature,
also another type of fraud. Those are some of the responsibilities of an
agent.
Agents
To be a F.B.I agent you have to graduate from college. Then you
go to a F.B.I academy in Quantico, Virginia. This academy takes 16 weeks
and yes, it does have homework. Some of the classes that are required are
health, science, foreign language translation, self-defense, law, flight,
and how to conduct an investigation you also need to know how to use guns.
History
The Federal Bureau of Investigation started in 1908. Although
it started then, the abbreviation F.B.I started in 1924. In November of
1932 the crime laboratory was opened. This is where scientists test DNA
and fingerprints to see if someone committed a crime on not. In March of
1950 the Ten Most Wanted in America organization started. In January of
1967, the Crime Information Center opened. That’s a little taste of history.
Famous People
J. Edgar Hoover is famous because he started the FBI. Charles J. Bonnaparte
helped J. Edgar Hoover in the process. Louis J. Freech is the boss right
now. These people were famous throughout the years of F.B.I work.
Seal
The F.B.I seal consists of the colors red, white, blue,
and gold. The red stands for courage, valor, and strength. The white stands
for cleanness, light, truth, and peace. The blue represents justice, and
the gold stands for the over all value. There are 46 leaves on two branches;
they stand for academic honors, jurisdiction, and fame. Also, there are
13 stars that represent for the original 13 states.
Related Couriers
You may not think so, but actually all of these careers are related
to a F.B.I agent. There is a secretary, pilot, lawyer, paralegal officer,
scientist, language specialist, finger print expert, DNA specialist, computer
specialist, and cryptolagist. A cryptolagist figures out how to read certain
picture codes (language.) There are also accountants, engineers, and even
writers.
Future
The person I interviewed thinks that in the future there will
be more ways of identifying fugitives. There will be a growth in international
crime fighting. Also, he thinks that criminals will have a longer stay
in prison. He thinks so because when a criminal gets released from prison
they are not used to being on their own so they are more likely to commit
another crime.
Fallen F.B.I Agents
The following are some interesting facts about some F.B.I agents
who were killed on their job. Paul E. Reynolds was an agent from El Paso
Texas. He was working on a case in Phoenix Arizona. Paul had just rented
a car and was departing it from his hotel. He never returned. Investigators
started a search. Three days later, Paul’s body was found floating in a
canal. Paul E. Reynolds was only 30 when he died.
Charles W. Elmore was minding his own business when all of a sudden
a masked man came charging into the F.B.I office. He shot and killed agent
Elmore. Nobody knows who the killer was because after he murdered Charles
he took his own life. Charles W. Elmore was only 26 years old when he died.
John L. Bailey; John was just walking into the bank when all of the
sudden the glass window broke. A lady ran up to John and said "that man
who just jumped out the window tried to rob me". Then John pulled out his
gun and ordered the man to stop. He stopped and dropped his gun. As agent
Bailey was walking over to this man, the man jumped up and tackled John
and took the agent’s gun. The man shot John 3 times and immediately, John
died. John L. Bailey was 68 when he died.
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