The only way to maintain the consistent excellence which has made the FBI a world-wide law enforcement model is to insist upon, to merit, and to relentlessly execute the responsibility to police ourselves. Three Special Agents and 16 support personnel were discharged, and 96 Special Agents and 97 support employees were disciplined for improper behavior. Such separations, however, may occur for nondisciplinary reasons. The FBI must have uncompromising integrity, and I will do everything within my power to achieve that goal. Ethics Training One of the major training breakthroughs that has been achieved at the FBI is the addition of ethics and integrity training for the new Special Agent curriculum and management training at the FBI Academy at Quantico.
Ethics is the golden thread which runs throughout our training.
It often is the difference between correctly applying the awesome power of law enforcement and conduct that undermines the rule of law. Since 1994, the FBI has trained more than 3,700 new Special Agents. Because they will serve through the first quarter of the next century, the education they receive as new Special Agent Trainees builds the foundation for the future success of the FBI and the safety of society. In the 16 weeks of Special Agent training at Quantico, the FBI teaches new Agents the tools, techniques, and skills which they will need to operate most effectively in enforcing hundreds of laws. Their grave responsibilities will include investigation of violent crime, drug trafficking, terrorism, espionage, civil rights, public corruption, environmental crimes, and white-collar crimes that rob the public.