263: Craig Arnold – Shooting Incidents, FBI Medals Program

FBI Retired Case File Review

Jerri Williams

True Crime, Interviews, Fiction, History, Fbi, Government, Truecrime

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🗓️ 23 June 2022

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Retired agent Craig Arnold reviews two shooting incidents he was involved in, one which resulted in saving the life of an FBI informant and another where, during a fatal shootout, he saved the life of a cooperating witness by taking the life of a subject.

As a certified peer support counselor, Craig traveled all over the country to speak with and offer support to other FBI agents and police officers involved in shooting incidents. As the recipient of the FBI Medal of Valor, the FBI’s highest honor, and two FBI Shields of Bravery, Craig was a member of the FBI’s Honorary Medals selection panel. At the time of his retirement, Craig was one of the most highly decorated agents in the Bureau's history. Craig Arnold served in the FBI for 22 years.

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 263 of FBI Retired Case File Review with Jerry Williams.
0:13.4	I'm a retired agent on a mission to show you who the FBI is and what the FBI does through
0:20.5	my books, my blog, and my podcast case reviews with former colleagues.
0:26.4	Today we get to speak to a retired agent, Craig Arnold, who served in the FBI for 22 years.
0:34.6	In this episode, Craig reviews two shooting incidents he was involved in, one which resulted
0:41.2	in the saving of the life of an FBI informant, and another where during a fatal shootout,
0:48.0	he saved the life of a cooperating witness by taking the life of a subject.
0:54.8	Craig received training to become a certified peer support counselor and traveled all around the
1:00.8	country to speak with and offer support to other FBI agents and police officers involved in shooting
1:08.0	incidents. As the recipient of the FBI's Medal of Valor and two FBI shields a bravery,
1:16.6	Craig is one of the most highly decorated agents in the history of the Bureau and was a member
1:23.0	of the FBI's Honorary Medal Selection Panel. Initially assigned to the Jackson Division,
1:29.9	Greenville Resident Agency, a two-man RA in Mississippi where he worked criminal matters.
1:36.0	He was shortly thereafter transferred to the New York Division where he worked on a drug
1:41.2	task force with the NYPD. After he received his Office of Preference Transfer to the Kansas City
1:49.2	Field Office, he again worked on a gang task force for about two years and then moved to a violent
1:56.0	crime fugitive task force working with officers from the Kansas City Police Department for eight years
2:02.4	until his retirement. During his career, he was a SWAT team operator and SWAT team leader in Kansas
2:10.3	City and New York. Now, before we get to the interview, I want to remind you that during July,
2:17.6	I will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of Women Agent by releasing three special episodes
2:24.8	featuring stories from both retired and active agents about the history of and what it's like
2:31.6	to be a female FBI agent. I'll also be displaying the unique show-level artwork I had designed to
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