According to Lee, the mental and physical demands of a stakeout or travel are great. The agents don't take their responsibilities lightly. They learn how to handle the stress from the job. These responsibilities often can affect the family of an agent, such as when an agent misses a birthday or a holiday. The responsibilities never decrease for an agent.
Every day can bring about a new case with new obligations.
The FBI office in Canton also is very active. It opened in the mid-1940s as one of the 400 resident agencies across the country. The FBI is the investigative branch of the Justice Department. It is involved with investigating suspected violations of more than 200 federal laws, including white collar crime, violent crime, organized crime and terrorism. The FBI's success starts at the training at Quantico, Va., but depends greatly on close ties between resident agents and local law enforcement agencies and citizens.