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16-723: The Terrorist Screening Center ( TSC ) is a division of the National Security Branch of the Federal Bureau of Investigation . It is the duty of the TSC to identify suspected or potential terrorists . Though housed within the FBI, the TSC is a multi-agency organization, including representatives from the United States Department of Justice , the United States Department of State , the United States Department of Homeland Security ,

32-436: A newly renovated 20,000-square-foot (1,900 m ) aquatic training center. Aquatic classes are used to boost cardio-respiratory endurance, muscular strength, flexibility, power and speed. While new agent trainees utilize the facility to receive CPR and lifesaving skills, larger units such as HRT officers receive over 450 hours of training that include advanced scuba diving, nighttime diving, rescue diving, and rescue swimming in

48-460: A service within the Federal Bureau of Investigation . The NSB is responsible for protecting the United States from weapons of mass destruction , acts of terrorism , and foreign intelligence operations and espionage . The NSB accomplishes its mission by investigating national security threats, providing information and analysis to other law enforcement agencies, and developing capabilities to keep

64-606: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . FBI Academy The FBI Academy is the Federal Bureau of Investigation 's law enforcement training and research center near the town of Quantico in Prince William County, Virginia . The academy occupies 547 acres (221 ha) on the US Marine Corps Base Quantico . It is located 36 miles outside Washington, D.C., and is a full service national training facility. In addition to training new FBI agents at

80-470: Is headed by a director, who reports to the executive assistant director of the FBI National Security Branch . The current director is Michael Glasheen. The Terrorist Screening Center has three branches: This United States law enforcement agency article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . FBI National Security Branch The National Security Branch ( NSB ) is

96-588: The Terrorist Screening Database (TSDB), the aim of which is to contain information about all known or suspected terrorists, and makes this information available to a number of different government agencies, including the federal, state, local and tribal law enforcement agencies, the U.S. State Department , U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and the Transportation Security Administration . The Terrorist Screening Center

112-575: The United States Department of Defense , the United States Postal Service , and various private contractors. It is located in Vienna, Virginia , near Virginia State Route 123 . Established by presidential directive in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks , the TSC's funding and manpower have significantly increased since that time. The Terrorist Screening Center maintains a database ,

128-611: The Hostage Rescue Team (HRT), Evidence Response Teams (ERT), Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT), and about 1,000 police leaders from across the world attend the FBI Academy and utilize its training facilities to improve their skills. The academy provides several training programs, including Firearms, Hogan's Alley (a training complex simulating a small town), Tactical and Emergency Vehicle Operations Center (TEVOC), Survival Skills, and Law Enforcement Executive Development. To meet

144-580: The National Security Branch, or go into the "Criminal" part of the Bureau and focus on crimes such as organized crime , narcotics , civil rights violations , fraud , and violent crime . Advocates of this new program say that this re-organization will help the fight against terrorism by making it less bureaucratic. This United States government–related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This crime -related article

160-767: The US nation secure. Headed by an FBI Executive Assistant Director, the NSB is responsible to the FBI Director through the Deputy Director . As a unit of the FBI (which is a division of the United States Department of Justice ), the NSB is ultimately responsible to the Attorney General of the United States . In addition, the critical role the NSB plays within the United States Intelligence Community places it within

176-538: The academy was first opened for use on May 7, 1972, on 385 acres (156 ha) of woodland. In 1933, FBI agents were granted the power to possess a firearm and to arrest, and so the academy was opened to train agents. The Marine Corps granted them access to their firing ranges in Quantico, Virginia. After outgrowing the Marine Corps firing ranges, the FBI was granted permission to build their own firing range and classroom on

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192-428: The base. Additional sections were added over time, including a new wing, kitchen, and basement. As the FBI grew, it required a larger facility. In 1965, the FBI received approval for a new complex at Quantico and construction began in 1969. The new facility opened in 1972, with more than two dozen classrooms, eight conference rooms, a large auditorium, a gym, pool, library, and a new firing range. Elite units such as

208-479: The facility, the Training Division also instructs special agents, intelligence analysts, law enforcement officers, Drug Enforcement Administration agents, and foreign partners. In order to be able to attend the academy and become an FBI agent, a candidate must be aged between 23 and 37, a citizen of the United States, and possess a minimum of a bachelor's degree. Operated by the bureau's Training Division,

224-503: The leadership of a senior FBI official. The NSB was formed by the unification of the FBI's various national security and intelligence gathering units: It is speculated that this will lead to the formation of "career paths" for FBI Special Agents ; meaning that once a new agent has completed Special Agent Training at FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia , and has completed the mandatory probationary period, that he or she can choose to go into

240-407: The needs of these training programs, the facility has a 1.1-mile-long oval road track with a precision obstacle for conducting TEVOC. Hogan's Alley is a mock town built with the help of Hollywood set designers in order to give realistic training to agents. It helps the agents experience realistic and stressful scenarios to better prepare them for real-life situations. The academy's facilities include

256-539: The purview of the Director of National Intelligence . The FBI created the National Security Branch (NSB) on September 12, 2005 in response to a presidential directive and as a result of the recommendations of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission to establish a "National Security Service" that combines the missions, capabilities, and resources of the FBI's counterterrorism, counterintelligence, and intelligence elements under

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