Federal Bureau of Investigation Police

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Federal Bureau of Investigation

Abbreviation

FBI

Seal of the Federal Bureau of Investigation

agency information

Motto

Fidelity, Bravery, Integrity

Agency Overview

Formed

1908

Employees

30,762 (October 31, 2006)

Annual Budget

8.7 billion USD (2006)

Legal personality

Governmental agency

Jurisdictional Structure

Federal agency
(Operations jurisdiction)

United States

Legal jurisdiction

As per operations jurisdiction.

Governing body

United States Congress

Constituting instrument

United States Code Title 28 Part II Chapter 33

General nature

Civilian agency
Federal law enforcement

Operational Structure

Headquarters

J. Edgar Hoover Building, Washington, D.C.

Sworn members

12,659 (October 31, 2006)

Unsworn members

18,009 (October 31, 2006)

Agency executives

Child agencies

FBI Academy
FBI Laboratory
Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS)
Critical Incident Response Group (CIRG)
Counterterrorism Division (CTD)

Major units

Field offices

56: List of FBI Field Offices

Notables
People	John Edgar Hoover, Director, for being the founding director William Mark Felt, former Federal Agent, for whistle blowing, Watergate scandal Joseph Leo Gormley, Forensic Scientist, for expert testimony
Programmes	FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives FBI Most Wanted Terrorists National Incident Based Reporting System Uniform Crime Reports
Significant Operation	COINTELPRO

Website

http://www.fbi.gov/

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The Federal Bureau of Investigation Police are the uniformed security police who protect FBI facilities, properties, personnel, users, visitors and operations from harm and may enforce certain laws and administrative regulations. They are endowed with full police powers of crime prevention, arrest, law enforcement and investigation within the following FBI facilities:

Washington, D.C.
- FBI Headquarters and
- The Washington Field Office;
Quantico, Virginia
- FBI Academy and
- FBI Laboratory;
New York City at the New York Field Office; and
Clarksburg, West Virginia at the FBI Criminal Justice Information Services Division.

The 240+ ^[1] FBI Police officers are classified as FBI professional staff, which also includes intelligence analysts, language specialists, scientists, information technology specialists, and other professionals.