The Justice Department urged a federal judge Tuesday to dismiss a lawsuit filed by current and former FBI recruits who allege the academy is a “good-old-boy network” that exposes women to a hostile work environment, inappropriate jokes and sexual advances beginning in 2015.
A female FBI trainee becomes the 17th woman to claim she was sexually harassed at the bureau’s training academy in Quantico, Va.
As the FBI tries to increase its ranks of female agents, 16 women have sued the bureau, claiming they were sexually harassed at the FBI’s training academy in Quantico, Va.
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Border Patrol is beginning to test body cameras following complaints from activists, the Associated Press reports. The body cameras were purchased and will be tested at Border Patrol’s training academy. The news came during a meeting with activists who have urged the federal government to use the cameras. It remained…
By Capi Lynn Statesman Journal For lack of a better description, this is going to be cool. Way cool. I have been accepted to the 2013 FBI Citizens Academy being held this fall in Salem. I’ve done my share of research about the academy, which was started in 1993 and today is offered at 56…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The old saying goes: “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” The FBI, pointing to a lesson in history when power corrupted, has been taking about 1,000 special agents each year from the FBI Training Academy to the U.S. Holocaust Museum in Washington as part of a…
