145: Bill Vanderpool – Guns of the FBI, Firearms Training
FBI Case File Review
Jerri Williams
4.7 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 6 December 2018
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
Retired agent Bill Vanderpool, an instructor in the Firearms Training Unit, reviews his experience and years of research on the evolution of the bureau's firearms, equipment, training facilities, and tactics. His book, Guns of the FBI: A History of the Bureau's Firearms and Training, is a comprehensive study for history buffs and gun collectors. With eleven years with the State of Florida as a vice investigator before he joined the Bureau, Bill is the only agent in the FBI's history to have fired a "Possible," an official perfect score under strict conditions, in both the FBI and the FBI's National Academy.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to episode 145 of FBI Retired Case File Review with Jerry Williams. |
| 0:11.2 | I'm a Retired Agent crime fiction inspired by true crime |
| 0:15.4 | FBI cases. Today we get to speak to retired agent Bill Vanderpool who served in the |
| 0:22.2 | FBI for 20 years. |
| 0:24.4 | He was initially assigned to the Dallas Division and then to the Washington Field Office |
| 0:28.9 | where he was a sniper on the SWAT team, before being transferred to the FBI Academy at Quantico Virginia |
| 0:36.2 | as an instructor in the firearms training unit. |
| 0:40.3 | In this episode, Bill Vanderbilt reviews his experience and expertise and years of research regarding the evolution of the Bureau's firearms, equipment, training facilities, and tactics. |
| 0:54.0 | His book, Guns of the FBI, A History of the Bureau's Firearms and Training, |
| 1:00.0 | is a comprehensive study for history buffs and gun collectors. |
| 1:04.4 | With 11 years of service with the state of Florida |
| 1:07.6 | as a vice investigator before he joined the Bureau, |
| 1:10.8 | Bill is the only agent in the FBI's history to have fired a possible |
| 1:16.7 | an official perfect score under strict conditions in both the FBI and the |
| 1:22.0 | FBI's National Academy. |
| 1:24.4 | For 14 years he taught thousands of FBI agents, |
| 1:28.6 | firearms, arrest techniques, and street survival |
| 1:32.4 | at the range and Hogan's alley. |
| 1:35.0 | In addition to his book, Bill Vanderbilt has written numerous magazine articles on firearms training and history. |
| 1:43.0 | In his retirement he continues to shoot and reload |
| 1:47.0 | and share his photography and travel. |
| 1:50.0 | I am sure you're going to enjoy this episode. I certainly learned a lot about what has changed |
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