Shoot - Don't Shoot: The FBI's Firearms Program

The Bureau with Frank Figliuzzi

Frank Figliuzzi

News, True Crime

4.9 • 751 Ratings

🗓️ 19 October 2021

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Two of the FBI's top firearms experts provide a rare glimpse into how the Bureau trains and equips its agents to be among the best deadly force decision-makers in law enforcement. Everything you wanted to know about the various guns agents carry, how weapons requirements are assessed and brands selected, and how the FBI trains its agents at the range. Follow Frank on Twitter: https://twitter.com/FrankFigliuzzi1 Promo codes: https://simplisafe.com/bureau Visit Audible.com/bureau or text bureau to 500-500. https://BuyRaycon.com/frank for 15% off of your purchase of Raycon earbuds. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

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0:00.0	I'm former FBI Assistant Director, Frank Fugluzi.
0:13.0	Join me on a journey deep inside the world's premier law enforcement agency
0:19.0	to decode the mysteries and challenges of today's FBI.
0:23.6	The threats facing America are as real as the men and women who battle to protect us.
0:29.6	In this first of a kind podcast, we sit down with active duty FBI personnel who reveal their mission, their cases, and their lives.
0:40.3	Let's go inside the Bureau with Frank Figuzy.
0:43.3	Basic and advanced firearms training for new agent candidates.
0:50.3	The FBI provides some of the best firearms training in the world.
0:55.0	67,000 plus firearms in the FBI.
0:58.0	It's as important to know when not to shoot as it is to know when to shoot.
1:03.0	The most important thing we teach is the escalation and de-escalation and the proper use of both of those in everyday encounters. Turns them into a highly proficient shooter.
1:13.6	We hire people that are already amazing, and we expect amazing things from them.
1:17.6	The ultimate responsibility of a law enforcement officer is to protect the lives of others and themselves against deadly threats.
1:29.2	Sometimes that means the use of deadly force, the firing of a weapon,
1:34.5	before that kind of force is used against him or a civilian.
1:39.6	Today we'll talk to FBI leaders who oversee the FBI's firearms programs, the training and
1:47.5	instruction of new agents and on board agents, the selection of weapons and weapons systems
1:55.1	throughout the FBI, and the fascinating research that goes into finding just the right weapon to protect themselves
2:03.9	and to protect us.
2:06.0	We're really happy today to have with us section chief Rob Geithen over the instruction section
2:14.1	of the FBI.
2:16.1	We're going to learn from him about the duties and responsibilities of
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