By Steve Neavling
Brian Driscoll has been named special agent in charge of the FBI’s Newark Field Office.
Driscoll, who most recently served as the commander of the bureau’s Hostage Rescue Team (HRT) and Critical Incident Response Group’s Tactical Section chief, began his career as a special agent in 2007. His first appointment was to the New York Field Office.
Driscoll was picked as operator for the bureau’s HRT in March 2011.
Driscoll began working in the Long Island Resident Agency as a supervisory special agent in 2019 to establish and lead two joint task forces that deal with violent crimes, child exploitation, and human trafficking.
In 2010, Driscoll was transferred to the New York Joint Terrorism Task Force to lead the North Africa international terrorism investigations squad. He was also promoted to assistant special agent in charge of the NY JTTF’s Extraterritorial Terrorism Branch.
Driscoll was awarded the FBI Medal of Valor and the FBI Shield of Bravery “for his actions under fire on numerous tactical operations,” the bureau said.
Before joining the bureau, Driscoll was a special agent with the Naval Criminal Investigative Service. He received a bachelor’s degree in English from Villanova University and a master’s degree in public policy and international relations from Pepperdine University.
