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Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency

The **Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA)** is a federal security and defense agency of the United States Department of Defense (DoD) that reports to the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence. DCSA is the largest counterintelligence and security agency in the federal government and is responsible for providing personnel vetting, critical technology protection, counterintelligence, training, education and certification. DCSA services over 100 federal entities, oversees 10,000 cleared companies, and conducts approximately 2 million background investigations each year.

## Background

The agency was originally established as the Defense Investigative Service and was created on January 1, 1972. In 1999, the agency changed its name to the Defense Security Service. In July 2019, DSS was reorganized as DCSA, in conjunction with the transfer of responsibility for conducting background investigations from OPM's National Background Investigations Bureau.

## Responsibility

DCSA conducts personnel security investigations for 95% of the federal government, supervises industrial security, and performs security education and awareness training. DCSA also provides the uniformed US military services, Department of Defense agencies, 35 federal agencies, and approximately 10,000 cleared government contractor facilities with security support services. The Director of DCSA reports to the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence.

## National Industrial Security Program

DCSA administers the National Industrial Security Program on behalf of the Department of Defense and 35 other federal agencies. DCSA provides oversight to approximately 10,000 cleared contract companies to ensure they are adequately protecting facilities, personnel, and associated Information Technology systems from attacks and vulnerabilities.

## Personnel

DCSA Industrial Security Representatives, Background Investigators and Information System Security Professionals are credentialed Special Agents. DCSA also uses a number of contract investigators and staff to help support DCSA's various mission.

## Locations

Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency headquarters is located on Marine Corps Base, Quantico, Va. DCSA's field presence consists of 167 field offices across the United States.

## See also

**US military investigative organizations**

* Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI)
* Coast Guard Investigative Service (CGIS)
* Defense Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS)
* Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS)
* United States Army Counterintelligence (ACI)
* United States Army Criminal Investigation Command (USACIDC or CID)
* United States Marine Corps Criminal Investigation Division (USMCCID or CID)
Gyneromantic

**Gyneromantic**, or **gynoromantic**, is a term with several possible definitions. First, is the romantic attraction to women. This means that heteroromantic men, homoromantic women, and non-binary people attracted to women can be considered gyneromantics. The second possible definition is the attraction to people who present femininely, regardless of their actual gender. Thirdly, is the attraction only to people with "female anatomy" regardless of whether that person identifies as female, however this definition is transphobic as it reduces people to their genitals.

The term was possibly made with non-binary or genderqueer people in mind. However, many non-binary people prefer other terms like finromantic, venusic, or womaromantic to describe this attraction, because gyneromantic has no consistant definition and can have unfavorable connotations. The term is based on gynesexual, which is commonly used by transphobes as a reason to exclude trans women because they are only attracted to "female anatomy" or "real women".

The sexual equivalent is gynesexual.
Hannah Asakura

**Hannah Jacqueline Asakura** is an American elementary school teacher at Glassell Park Elementary School in Los Angeles, California.

## Biography

Hannah Jacqueline Asakura was born on April 18, 1976 in Anaheim, California to OSHA representative Grace Asakura and systems administrator Joseph Asakura. Hannah graduated from Fairmont Preparatory Academy in 1994. Hannah attended Old Dominion University where she graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Early Childhood Education in 1998, she attended the University of Florida where she graduated with a Master of Education in 2000.

Hannah began her career as a substitute teacher at Lake Forest Elementary School in Gainesville, Florida in 2000 before becoming a full time teacher in 2002. Hannah received a job offer from Glassell Park Elementary School in Los Angeles, California in 2006.

## Personal Life

Hannah was in a long term relationship with Lauren Myers between 2008 and 2017. In 2021 members of the CEIG, including Margaret Marks, came to Glassell Park Elementary School to give a presentation about online safety. 46 year old Hannah became enamored with 26 year old Margaret and gave Margaret her number. The two stayed in touch and in 2022 Hannah called Margaret from a bar and asked her to come and hang out. The night ended with Hannah and Margaret having a one night stand, afterwards they continued to stay in touch as friends with occasional benefits.
Edwin Snow

Edwin A. Snow is a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) executive, he is the current Deputy Assistant Director of the Criminal Enterprise Branch. Snow was born in 1969 in and eventually joined the FBI in 1994. Snow began his career working in financial crime and public integrity at the FBI Headquarters, he also served on the SWAT team. In 2001 Snow was promoted to Supervisory Special Agent became the supervisor of a counterintelligence and cyber squad at the St. Louis Field Office, in 2009 he became the Assistant Section Chief of the Public Corruption and Civil Rights Section at FBI Headquarters. In 2011 Snow was promoted to Assistant Special Agent in Charge of National Security at the Phoenix Field Office, in 2013 he became Section Chief of the Cyber Crime Section at FBI Headquarters. In 2014 Snow was promoted to Deputy Assistant Director of the Criminal Enterprise Branch at Headquarters, he oversees all of the FBI's organized crime, criminal enterprise and violent crime investigations. During his time with the Criminal Enterprise Branch, Snow oversaw the creation of the first Criminal Enterprise Task Force.

### Service History

* FBI Headquarters: 1994 to 2001
* St. Louis Counterintelligence/Cyber Crime Squad: 2001 to 2009 (Supervisor)
* FBI Headquarters: 2009 to 2011 (Assistant Section Chief of Public Corruption and Civil Rights)
* Phoenix Field Office: 2011 to 2013 (Assistant Special Agent in Charge)
* FBI Headquarters: 2013 to 2014 (Section Chief: Cyber Crime Section)
* Deputy Assistant Director of the Criminal Enterprise Branch: 2014 to Present
Child Abduction and Serial Murder Investigative Resources Center

The Morgan P. Hardiman Child Abduction and Serial Murder Investigative Resources Center (CASMIRC) is part of the National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime (NCAVC). CASMIRC was established as part of Public Law 105-314, the Protection of Children From Sexual Predators Act, passed by Congress on October 30, 1998. The legislation creates the center to reduce crime involving child abductions, mysterious disappearances of children, child homicide, and serial murder.

## Goals

CASMIRC has been charged with accomplishing the following goals:

* Improve the investigation of major violent crimes through the establishment and coordination of CASMIRC with federal, state and local authorities;
* Provide, if requested by a federal, state, or local law enforcement agency, on-site consultation and advice;
* Establish a centralized repository based upon case data reflecting child abductions, mysterious disappearances of children, child homicides, and serial murder submitted by state and local agencies;
* Increase the efficiency of the FBI's NCAVC as an operational entity designed to provide operational support functions to any law enforcement agency confronted with a child abduction, mysterious disappearance of a child, child homicide, or serial murder;
* Improve the behaviorally based operational support services provided by the FBI in an attempt to reduce incidences of violent crime
* Identify and prioritize those areas of research necessary to address existing and emerging violent crime problems in the areas of child abductions, mysterious disappearances of a child, child homicide, and serial murder; and,
* Provide, in coordination with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, appropriate training to federal, state, and local law enforcement in matters regarding child abductions, mysterious disappearances of children, and child homicides
Director of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

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The **Director of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement** (**ICE**) is a civilian official in the United States Department of Homeland Security. During July 2010 the position's title was changed from **Assistant Secretary for U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement**.

The Director is in charge of the day-to-day operations of more than 7000 Homeland Security Investigations Agents (HSI) that are the primary investigative component of ICE and 6000 Enforcement and Removal Operations Officers (ERO). ICE is an agency with the United States Department of Homeland Security and the director reports to the United States Secretary of Homeland Security and the United States Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security.

This position requires Senate confirmation.

The current acting director is Tae Johnson who assumed the role following Jonathan Fahey's resignation on January 13, 2021 due to the 2021 storming of the United States Capitol.

## Overview

The Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement is the chief administrator with enforcement of US immigration laws and criminal investigations of transnational criminal organizations. This mission is executed through the enforcement of more than 400 federal statutes and focuses on immigration enforcement, preventing terrorism and combating the illegal movement of people and goods.
Emma Stratton

Emma L. Stratton is a retired Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent who formerly served with the Violent Crime Unit of the Los Angeles Field Office. Stratton was born in 1977 and eventually joined the FBI in 2003. Stratton began her career working violent crime at the Kansas City Field Office, in 2007 she transferred to Violent Crime Unit 1 of the Los Angeles Field Office. In 2017 Stratton along with SA Julius Grant were injured in a car accident when a vehicle traveling in the opposite direction crossed the center line into their lane on a blind corner. Grant eventually recovered and returned to duty in 2018, however Stratton suffered more severe injuries, including nerve damage and never completely recovered, she medically retired in 2018.

### Service History

* Kansas City Field Office: 2003 to 2007
* Violent Crime Unit 1: 2007 to 2017
* Medical Leave: 2017 to 2018
* Medical Retirement: 2018 to Present
Demon Legion Motorcycle Club

The Demon Legion Motorcycle Club (DLMC), also known as Demon Legion Worldwide, is an outlaw motorcycle club based in San Bernardino, California. It was founded in 1981 by Ronald E. Morris and several of his close friends, it eventually grew to include over 250 members throughout California and Nevada. Despite starting out as a social motorcycle club with no tolerance for drug use or significant criminal activity, the Demon Legion eventually began relaxing its rules which lead to it becoming more and more involved in organized crime throughout the late 1980's and early 1990's. By the mid 90's the Demon Legion along with urban motorcycle club the Street Soldiers MC were trafficking narcotics to and for several Los Angeles street gangs and criminal organizations.

Throughout the early and mid 2000's the Demon Legion was increasingly targeted as part of efforts to dismantle criminal organizations trafficking in drugs and guns. This culminated in Operation Scooter Trash in 2017 which led to founder and national president Ron Morris being charged with various crimes and sentenced to 25 to life.

Despite it's self styled moniker, the Demon Legion never really reached worldwide status, and only ever opened two chapters outside of the United States, one in New Zealand in 2001 and one in Germany in 2005, both of which were quickly shut down by local authorities. The Demon Legion continues to operate however after the loss of Morris and several high-ranking members, the gang has been significantly weakened in it's criminal endeavors.
Dean Sorensen

Dean T. Sorensen is a Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Supervisory Special Agent and the current Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of HSI Los Angeles.

## Early Life

Dean Thomas Sorensen was born in 1970 in Sulphur Springs, Texas. Dean graduated from Sulphur Springs High School in 1988 before attending Midwestern State University where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology in 1992.

## Career

Dean served with Kerr County Sheriff’s Office from 1992 until 2004, Dean then joined Immigration and Customs Enforcement in 2004. Dean began his career at the El Paso Field Office, in 2010 he transferred to the Miami Field Office when Homeland Security Investigations was founded. In 2017 Dean was promoted to Deputy Special Agent in Charge (DSAC) of HSI Los Angeles and in 2021 he was promoted to Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of HSI Los Angeles.

### Service History

* ICE/HSI El Paso: 2004 to 2010
* HSI Miami: 2010 to 2014
* HSI Ventura: 2014 to 2017 (Assistant Special Agent in Charge)
* HSI Los Angeles: 2017 to 2021 (Deputy Special Agent in Charge)
* HSI Los Angeles: 2021 to Present (Special Agent in Charge)

## Personal Life

Dean lives in East Pasadena, California. Dean is notoriously private about his personal life.
Aromantic

**Aromantic** (often shortened to **aro**) is a romantic orientation defined by a lack of romantic attraction. Romantic attraction is often defined as the desire to be in a romantic relationship and/or do romantic acts with a specific individual. For non-aromantic (alloromantic) individuals, romantic attraction is involuntary and even occurs when someone doesn't know the other individual (though one might not act on it). Aromantic individuals do not have an innate desire to be in a romantic relationship with specific individuals. They might also feel disconnected from the idea of romance.

A common misconception is that all aromantics lack emotions, lack the ability to form social connections, and are "loveless". In reality many aros are capable of feeling love- platonic love such as that between a mother and child or best friends. Aromantics can also meet their emotional needs through queerplatonic relationships, or other non-romantic relationships. Some aromantics get platonic crushes or "squishes", also known as platonic attraction. On the other hand, some aromantics may not experience platonic love or attraction, and may identify as aplatonic. Others may not desire partners of any kind, and may identify as nonamorous. Some aromantics embrace the loveless label and reject the idea that love is necessary for happiness.

Being aromantic does not mean that one is unable to experience sexual attraction. An aromantic individual can have any sexual orientation. They may identify with a sexual orientation in addition to the label of aromantic to specify who they're interested in sexually, if anyone. For example, a heterosexual aromantic individual is sexually attracted to individuals of a different gender, but is not romantically attracted to them. Some aromantics are also asexual (aroace), meaning they do not feel sexual attraction as well. Not all aromantics identify with a sexual orientation, some identify primarily or only as aromantic (non-SAM aro/aro neu). Some aromantic individuals may additionally experience tertiary attractions, which are attractions outside of sexual and romantic, and may use specific labels to describe this attraction. Examples of tertiary attractions include aesthetic, platonic, and sensual attraction.

Romantic dispositions among aromantic individuals can vary. Some aromantics may still have or seek or a romantic relationship despite not feeling romantic attraction to anyone (cupioromantic). Other aromantics may be repulsed by the concept of romance, either as a concept applicable to themselves or in general. Terms like romance-repulsed, romance-indifferent, romance-favorable, or romance-ambivalent are commonly used to describe these feelings.

As a romantic minority, it is included in the initialism LGBTQIA+ as the A, standing for aromanticism, along with asexual and agender.
Anna Holm

Anna Mae Holm is an American lawyer and the half-sister of FBI Special Agent Heather Holm. Anna was born in 1987 to Michael and Lisa, both members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS). Anna is one of 35 children of Michael and is the half-sister of Heather Holm and Leah Jessop. Anna was 14 when she was married in March 2001, a day after her sister Heather, fortunately unlike a lot of placement marriages Anna's was actually loving and happy despite a 6 year age difference. In 2012 she and her husband left their religion and moved to Idaho where she went on to become a lawyer.

Anna and Heather were not close growing up but went on to reconnect in the mid 2010's and have since become close.
Allentown, Pennsylvania

**Allentown** (Pennsylvania Dutch: *Allenschteddel*, *Allenschtadt*, or *Ellsdaun*) is a city in Lehigh County in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States. The city had a population of 125,845 at the time of the 2020 census.

The fastest-growing major city in Pennsylvania, Allentown is the state's third-largest city after Philadelphia and Pittsburgh and the largest city in both Lehigh County and the Lehigh Valley, which had a population of 861,899 and was the 68th-most populous metropolitan area in the United States as of 2020.

Founded in 1762 and located on the Lehigh River, a 109-mile-long (175 km) tributary of the Delaware River, it is the largest of three adjacent cities, including Bethlehem and Easton in Lehigh and Northampton counties, in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania. It is also the county seat.

Allentown is located 48 miles (77 km) north of Philadelphia, the nation's sixth-largest city, and 78 miles (126 km) west of New York City, the nation's largest city.
Associate Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation

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The **Associate Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation** is a senior United States government position in the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The office is third in command to the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. If the Deputy Director is absent or the position is vacant, the Associate Deputy Director automatically takes on the additional title and role of Acting Deputy Director. The office is the second highest position attainable within the FBI without being appointed by the President of the United States. Responsibilities as Associate Deputy Director include assisting the Deputy Director and Director, and leading prominent investigations. From 1978 to 1987, the positions of Deputy Director and Associate Deputy Director were not filled due to William Hedgcock Webster's decision to divide the positions responsibilities between three positions.

Michael Jarros was named acting Associate Deputy Director on June 4, 2022.
Ally

An **ally** or **straight ally** is a cisgender, heterosexual/romantic, allosexual/romantic (cishet) individual who is not a part of the LGBTA+ community but supports the community. An ally acknowledges that LGBT people face discrimination and thus are socially disadvantaged, supports LGBT+ rights, and challenges homophobia, transphobia, etc.

Not everyone who meets this definition identifies specifically as an "ally". Not all cishet people are allies.

The A in LGBTA+ does not stand for "Ally", rather it stands for asexual, aromantic, agender, abrosexual, abroromantic, androgyne, and many other LGBTA+ identities that start with "A".
Demiromantic

**Demiromantic** is a romantic orientation on the aromantic spectrum defined as someone who does not experience romantic attraction until they have formed a deep emotional connection with someone. This connection may be sexual, platonic, or another form/combination of forms, depending on the demiromantic individual. Forming an emotional bond with someone does not mean that one is automatically attracted to said individual, as it just means there's now a possibility for one to feel attraction.

It is important to distinguish between typical romantic attraction to friends, sexual partners, and other individuals of close emotional bonds, and demiromanticism, which implies that there would be no romantic attraction to anyone unless a close relationship was to be established. The already existing relationship is the only way a demiromantic individual would be able to experience romantic attraction. Being romantically attracted to one's close friends does not necessarily mean that one is demiromantic, for example.

Demiromantic can be a romantic orientation on its own or can combined with other orientations. An example of this would be of a individual being demiromantic and homoromantic (demihomoromantic), meaning that when one does experience romantic attraction it is towards individuals of the same or any similar genders. Even though one may have a close connection to someone of a dissimilar gender, one may never feel romantic attraction to them.

You may be sexually attracted to strangers or other people, but romantically, only to the one(s) with whom you've formed deep sentimental chemistry.

Frayromantic is often described as the "opposite" of demiromantic, where romantic attraction fades as a bond is formed. For an individual who experiences demiromantic attraction that leads into frayromantic attraction, the term apexromantic may be appropriate.

Counterparts to demiromantic include: demisexual, demiplatonic, and demialterous.
Callie Roberts

**Callie Lorraine Roberts** is a Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Computer Forensics Specialist and a current member of the Illicit Finance and Proceeds of Crime Unit (IFPCU) at HSI Los Angeles.

## Early Life

Callie Lorraine Roberts was born on August 4, 1987 in East St. Louis, Illinois to Leland J. Roberts, an electrician and Donna Roberts (née Lang), a city administrative employee. Callie is the youngest of three children, she has two brothers, Glenn and Bailey. Callie played lacrosse in high and eventually graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Duke University in 2011.

## Career

Callie worked as a call center technician and a sales associate before eventually applying to Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) as an Intelligence Research Specialist, she was hired in 2011. Callie began her career at HSI New York where she worked with both the Transnational Organized Crime Unit (TOCU) and the Fraud and Financial Crime Investigations Group (FFCIG). After some experience and in service training, Callie was eventually qualified as a Computer Forensics Specialist and transferred to HSI Los Angeles in in 2018. Callie works primarily for the Illicit Finance and Proceeds of Crime Unit (IFPCU).

## Personal Life

Callie has been in a long term relationship with Paul Zalman since 2019, the two have a daughter, Lucy, who was born in 2021. Callie enjoys coding, software development and fashion in her spare time. Callie is best friends with Margaret Marks and her wife Lindsey Shaw. With Margaret, Ella Grant, and Juliana Silva, Callie created the friend group Callie’s JEM’s.

## See also

* **Child Exploitation Investigations Group** (CEIG)
	+ **Ella Grant**: Group Supervisor
	+ **Mark Kirby**: Member/Human Trafficking Specialist
	+ **Margaret Marks**: Member/Digital Forensics Specialist
	+ **Matthew Lambert**: Member/Tactical/Strategic Specialist
	+ **Oscar Reyes**: Member/Intelligence/Surveillance Specialist
	+ **Kyle Gibson**: Member/Financial Crimes Specialist
	+ **Benjamin Shah**: Member/Commercial Smuggling Specialist
	+ **Peter Hoyt**: Member/Fugitive Apprehension Specialist
	+ **Daniel Vega**: Member/Illicit Finance Specialist
	+ **Monica Valdez**: Victims Support Coordinator
	+ ****Callie Roberts****: HSI Computer Operations/Cyber Forensic Specialist
	+ **Juliana Silva**: AUSA working with CEIG
Criminal Enterprise Task Force

The Criminal Enterprise Task Force (CETF) is a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) task force targeting ongoing criminal enterprise, unlike Organized Crime Task Forces, the CETF doesn't only target organize criminal organizations but any ongoing criminals enterprises.

## History

The Criminal Enterprise Task Force was founded in 2016 by Deputy Assistant Director of the Criminal Enterprise Branch, Edwin Snow, Snow pitched the idea of the CETF to the Deputy Director in early 2016, the Deputy Director agreed with Snow's assessment and gave him personnel to prove his idea in the field before the Deputy Director would agree to implement it. Snow drew personnel from all fields of the Criminal Enterprise Branch, including some personnel from CIRG. Snow devised a plan of taking down two major criminal enterprises as a test of CETF in the field.

### Operation Snake Catcher

The first test of its abilities was dubbed Operation Snake Catcher, it was to stop a large-scale organization operating out of Nevada, with a presence in Utah and Arizona, the organization was smuggling everything from narcotics and weapons, to stolen construction equipment and aircraft. CETF was able to quickly dismantle Utah's base of operations and identify principal targets and dismantle the entire organization, including the ringleader in Henderson, NV. With its first field test a success, Healy gave Snow the go-ahead to move to phase two.

### Operation Ghetto Shield

The second part of its test was dubbed Operation Ghetto Shield, it was to dismantle a large organized street gang which had formed from multiple smaller gangs joining together. The gang, known as The Families had been growing and becoming more powerful over the course of several years. CETF arrived in Los Angeles in early August 2016 and joined forces with with LAPD/LASD anti-gang units and the Marshal's Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team, the task force quickly identified and apprehended several key members, which lead to the gang being entirely dismantled.

### Aftermath

With CETF proven in the field, the Deputy Director gave to greenlight to turn it into a full-time task force, and implement it in several major cities. CETF proved a major success and is still in operation today, including in New York City, Los Angeles and Chicago.
Border Enforcement Security Task Force

The **Border Enforcement Security Task Force** (BEST) is comprised of officers and agents from 10 federal, state and local agencies and is responsible for identifying, interdicting and investigating a wide variety of maritime-related crime including trade fraud, cargo theft, and the illegal smuggling of drugs, persons, currency and weapons smuggling.

## Los Angeles BEST

### Participating Agencies

* Homeland Security Investigations (HSI)
* Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
* United States Border Patrol (USBP)
* United States Secret Service (USSS)
* Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF)
* Coast Guard Investigative Service (CGIS)
* California Highway Patrol (CHP)
* Los Angeles Port Police (LAPP)
* Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD)
* Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD)
FBI National Academy

The FBI National Academy is a program of the FBI Academy for active U.S. law enforcement personnel and also for international law enforcement personnel who seek to enhance their credentials in their field and to raise law enforcement standards, knowledge, and also cooperation worldwide. The FBI National Academy is held four times a year, when up to 250 candidates go through a 10-week course.

## History

The FBI National Academy was started on July 29, 1935 in response to a 1930 study by the Wickersham Commission that recommended the standardization and professionalization of the law enforcement departments across the United States through centralized training. The National Academy is located at the FBI Academy on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia. In 1935 China, Canada, and Great Britain were among the first foreign nations to send candidates for attendance.

## Requirements for admission

There are a few specific requirements to get into the FBI National Academy. Candidates have to have been in one of the following groups: leaders and managers of state and local police, sheriffs' departments, military police organizations, and law enforcement agencies. To participate candidates have to be invited through a nomination process. Participants are drawn from every state in the union, from U.S. territories, and from over 160 international partner nations.

Qualified candidates must:

* Be a regular, full-time officer of a duly-constituted law enforcement agency of a municipality, county, or state, having at least five years of substantial and continuous experience;
* Be at least 25 years old;
* Be in excellent physical condition, capable of strenuous exertion and regular participation in the use of firearms, physical training, and defensive tactics, which will be confirmed by a thorough physical examination (submitted when requested by the FBI) by a medical doctor of the nominee's choosing and at the nominee’s expense;
* Possess an excellent character and enjoy a reputation for professional integrity;
* Exhibit an interest in law enforcement as a public service, a seriousness of purpose, qualities of leadership and enjoy the confidence and respect of fellow officers;
* Have a high school diploma or high school equivalency certificate; preferably a college diploma;
* Have 60 college credit hours or equivalent education experience
* Agree to remain in law enforcement for a minimum of three years after graduating from the FBI National Academy.

## Life at the Academy

While at the FBI National Academy during the 10-week course there are many different classes including; law, behavioral science, forensic science, the terrorist mindset, communication, health and fitness, and leadership development. Also at the end of the 10-week course there is a final physical exam called the "Yellow Brick Road" which is 6.1 miles in length and has many different obstacles along the way.
Emma Cooper

Emma J. Cooper is an American real estate developer and real estate agent, she is also the wife of FBI Special Agent Blake Cooper. Cooper was born in 1982 in Jacksonville, Florida. Blake and Emma met while Blake was working at the Jacksonville Field Office, they eventually married and moved to New Orleans and finally Los Angeles together. Blake and Emma have 3 children.

### Children

* Harrison Y. Cooper: Born 2007 in Jacksonville, FL
* Jamie L. Cooper: Born 2009 in New Orleans, LA
* Craig T. Cooper: Born 2012 in Los Angeles, CA
Behavioral Analysis Response Team

The Behavioral Analysis Response Team (BART) is a rapid response component of the Behavioral Analysis Unit, part of the National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime. It was founded in 2001 by veteran BAU agent Wade Landry, Landry handpicked Vincent Kouf, an 18 year veteran of behavioral sciences, to be BART's first supervisor, among other agents picked at the time of BART's founding were Michael Calloway and Walter Park. BART focuses on cases where immediate intervention and support are paramount to the community or public safety, due to its nature BART spends a considerable amount of time in the field, akin to how the original BSU operated in the early to mid 1970's. BART draws personnel from active current and former BAU agents.

## Notable BART Members

* Wade Landry: Founder
* Vincent Kouf: Founder, and first Supervisor
* Walter Park: Founder, and second Supervisor
* Michael Calloway: Founder, and current Supervisor

## Current Personnel

* Michael Calloway: Supervisor (BAU5)
* Andrew Ericksen: Assistant Supervisor (BAU4)
* Peter Ryan: BAU4
* Sarah Everett: BAU3
Damien Sawyer

Damien L. Sawyer is a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Supervisory Special Agent and the current Supervisor of Violent Crime Unit 3 of the Los Angeles Violent Crime Unit. Sawyer joined the FBI in 1997 and began his career at the Houston Field Office working primarily in counterintelligence and surveillance. In 2004 Sawyer transferred to the Los Angeles Field Office where he worked with the Mobile Surveillance Team (MST), in 2017 he was promoted to Supervisory Special Agent and became supervisor of Violent Crime Unit 3. VCU3 serves as an intelligence team to the VCU and is comprised of a mix of surveillance personnel and intelligence analysts.

### Service History

* Houston Field Office: 1997 to 2004
* Los Angeles Field Office: 2004 to 2017
* Violent Crime Unit 3: 2017 to Present (Supervisor)
Elise Shrager

Elise C. Shrager is an American anthropologist and a professor of anthropology at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), she is also the wife of FBI Special Agent Donald Shrager. Shrager was born in 1970 in Bethel, New York, she eventually went into the field of cultural anthropology and worked in Washington, D.C. for several years, in 2010 she become a professor in cultural anthropology at UCLA. In 2011 Shrager met FBI Special Agent Donald Shrager, the two eventually married in 2018.
Androgynous

**Androgynous** refers to the act of simultaneously having or showing qualities that are associated with both femininity and masculinity. It can involve behaviors, presentations, and roles which were/are typically culturally associated with being a man and being a woman. Androgynous individuals may also have qualities associated with neutrality. Androgynous can be used as a description of one's gender, one's gender presentation, or both.

As a gender presentation, androgynous describes a presentation that incorporates some features that are indicative of men and some features that are indicative of women. For example, having facial hair and wearing make-up at the same time. Not everyone with an androgynous gender will present androgynously, and not everyone who presents androgynously will have an androgynous gender. One can present androgynously regardless of gender or sexual orientation. The exact traits and qualities associated with androgyny depend on the culture and time period.

Another definition is showing traits that can be associated with either binary gender. For example, wearing unisex clothes. This form of presentation can also be described as gender neutral. Neutral is often confused with androgynous due to the terms being used interchangeably in society; however, in some cases it is useful to distinguish between the two. Neutral is a term describing something that is not strongly masculine nor strongly feminine, whereas androgynous describes something that is both masculine and feminine at the same time, which can include neutrality but is not defined by it.
Counterproliferation Investigations Unit

The **Counterproliferation Investigations Unit** (CPIU) is a unit of Homeland Security Investigations. The CPIU safeguards national security by preventing sensitive U.S. technologies and weapons from reaching the hands of adversaries.

Counterproliferation investigations specifically target the trafficking or illegal export of:

* Materials used to manufacture weapons of mass destruction
* Chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear materials
* Military equipment and technology
* Controlled dual-use commodities and technology
* Firearms and ammunition

"HSI has unique border search and broad statutory authorities that place us at the forefront of the United States' export enforcement efforts," said Craig Healy, Deputy Assistant Director of HSI's Counterproliferation Investigations Program. "By conducting export enforcement investigations, we can penetrate and dismantle illegal technology procurement networks."

## Counterproliferation Investigations Unit Los Angeles

* Harrison Young: Group Supervisor
* Travis Egan: Member
* Bill Lleyton: Member/SRT Operator
Andrea Beckford

Andrea M. Beckford is a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) executive and the current Assistant Director of the Critical Incident Response Group. Beckford was born in 1971 and eventually joined the FBI in 1995. Beckford began her career at the Lexington Resident Agency, working violent and drug related crimes, in 2006 she was promoted to Supervisory Special Agent became the Supervisory Senior Resident Agent at the Greenville Resident Agency of the Columbia Field Office. In 2015 Beckford became the Assistant Special Agent in Charge at the Salt Lake City Division, where she oversaw the criminal program in Idaho, Montana, and Utah. In 2017 Beckford was promoted to Section Chief of the Counterespionage Section at FBI Headquarters, in 2018 she was named Deputy Assistant Director for Analytical Branch of the FBI’s Counterterrorism Division. In 2019 Beckford was promoted to Special Agent in Charge of the Salt Lake City Field Office and in 2021 she was promoted to Assistant Director of the Critical Incident Response Group, she is responsible for the FBI’s tactical, negotiations, behavioral analysis, and crisis management resources.

### Service History

* Lexington Resident Agency: 1995 to 2006
* Greenville Resident Agency: 2006 to 2015 (Supervisory Senior Resident Agent)
* Salt Lake City Field Office: 2015 to 2017 (Assistant Special Agent in Charge)
* FBI Headquarters: 2017 to 2018 (Section Chief: Counterespionage Section)
* Deputy Assistant Director of the Analytical Branch: 2018 to 2019
* Salt Lake City Field Office: 2019 to 2021 (Special Agent in Charge)
* Assistant Director of the Critical Incident Response Group: 2021 to Present
Gynesexual

**Gynesexual**, or **gynosexual**, previously known as **femsexual**, is a sexual orientation with several possible definitions.

Gynesexual may be synonymous with womasexual. This definition describes exclusive attraction to women. This label does not specify the gynesexual individual's own gender identity, which means that heterosexual men, gay women, and non-binary individuals attracted to women may be considered gynesexual.

Gynesexual may be synonymous with femsexual. This definition describes attraction to individuals with feminine gender presentations, regardless of their gender identity.

Gynesexual may describe attraction "female anatomy" regardless of the target individual's gender. This definition is often considered transphobic/genitalistic as it reduces individuals to their genitals. Attraction that is influenced by anatomy is generally considered a sexual preference rather than a sexual orientation, and individuals who identify with this definition may find the label imprisexual to be a less transphobic alternative. This definition is sometimes referred to as "gynephilia" or "gynophilia", however this term is outdated.

The mascic equivalent of gynesexual is androsexual. The romantic equivalent is gyneromantic.
FBI Special Operations Group

The Special Operations Group (SOG) is a specialist part-time tactical unit of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. SOG started out as Enhanced SWAT teams which received increased specialized training and equipment, and could be used to augment the Hostage Rescue Team if needed. In 2019 the Enhanced SWAT teams were renamed the Special Operations Group to differentiate them and their advanced training from the standard SWAT teams. Currently the SOG is currently located at 6 major field offices, and it has 105 operators as well as 72 support personnel.

## SOG Locations

* New York Field Office
* Los Angeles Field Office
* Washington Field Office
* Chicago Field Office
* Miami Field Office
* Dallas Field Office

## Notable SOG Operators

* Stephen Novak: Los Angeles SOG Assault Team leader
* Heather Holm: Los Angeles SOG Assault Team member/HDT
Agencies

United States Federal Law Enforcement Agencies. Including agencies of the Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice, Department of State, Department of Defense, Department of the Interior etc.

## Department of Justice

* Federal Bureau of Investigation
* Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
* United States Marshals Service
* Drug Enforcement Administration

## Department of Homeland Security

* U.S. Customs and Border Protection
* U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
* Homeland Security Investigations
* United States Border Patrol
* United States Secret Service
* Coast Guard Investigative Service
Homosexuality

**Homosexuality** is a romantic attraction, sexual attraction, or sexual behavior between members of the same sex or gender. As a sexual orientation, homosexuality is "an enduring pattern of emotional, romantic, and/or sexual attractions" exclusively to people of the same sex or gender. It "also refers to a person's sense of identity based on those attractions, related behaviors, and membership in a community of others who share those attractions."

Along with bisexuality and heterosexuality, homosexuality is one of the three main categories of sexual orientation within the heterosexual–homosexual continuum. Scientists do not yet know the exact cause of sexual orientation, but they theorize that it is caused by a complex interplay of genetic, hormonal, and environmental influences and do not view it as a choice. Although no single theory on the cause of sexual orientation has yet gained widespread support, scientists favor biologically based theories. There is considerably more evidence supporting nonsocial, biological causes of sexual orientation than social ones, especially for males. There is no substantive evidence which suggests parenting or early childhood experiences play a role with regard to sexual orientation. While some people believe that homosexual activity is unnatural, scientific research shows that homosexuality is a normal and natural variation in human sexuality and is not in and of itself a source of negative psychological effects. There is insufficient evidence to support the use of psychological interventions to change sexual orientation.

The most common terms for homosexual people are *lesbian* for females and *gay* for males, but the term *gay* also commonly refers to both homosexual females and males. The percentage of people who are gay or lesbian and the proportion of people who are in same-sex romantic relationships or have had same-sex sexual experiences are difficult for researchers to estimate reliably for a variety of reasons, including many gay and lesbian people not openly identifying as such due to prejudice or discrimination such as homophobia and heterosexism. Homosexual behavior has also been documented in many non-human animal species, though humans are one of only two species known to exhibit a homosexual orientation.

Many gay and lesbian people are in committed same-sex relationships. These relationships are equivalent to heterosexual relationships in essential psychological respects. Homosexual relationships and acts have been admired, as well as condemned, throughout recorded history, depending on the form they took and the culture in which they occurred. Since the end of the 20th century, there has been a global movement towards freedom and equality for gay people, including the introduction of anti-bullying legislation to protect gay children at school, legislation ensuring non-discrimination, equal ability to serve in the military, equal access to health care, equal ability to adopt and parent, and the establishment of marriage equality.
Dream Team

The Dream Team is the name given to an unofficial interagency joint task force consisting of 2 members of the Southern California Drug Task Force (SCDTF) and 5 members of the Los Angeles Metropolitan Task Force on Violent Gangs (LAMTFVG), primarily in the era between 2016 and 2019. The unofficial group was credited with significant gains towards destabilizing drug and gang operations in the Los Angeles area due to their overlapping goals often leading to them working together.

## Members

* Damon Garris: DEA (Supervisor)
* Sean Marks: HSI (Assistant Supervisor)
* Raymond Larkin: FBI
* Kate Ellis: ATF
* Heather Holm: FBI
* Brian McGaren: LAPD
* David Croft: CBI
Briana Noble

Briana L. Noble is an American software developer and IT infrastructure engineer currently working for Blackrain International. Noble was born in 1984 in Long Beach, California and she went on to graduate from University of California, Los Angeles in 2009. Noble worked as a freelance software developer for several companies before eventually being offered a job with cyber security company Blackrain International. Noble is a good friend of Heather Holm, with the two regularly writing random software in their free time, as well as both being part of a Star Trek role playing game.
Dana Mercer

Dana R. Mercer is a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Supervisory Special Agent and the current supervisor of a Financial Crime Squad II at the Los Angeles Field Office. Mercer was born Dana McGuire in 1979 and eventually joined the FBI in 2004. Mercer began her career at the New York Field Office working in white-collar crime and public corruption, in 2010 she transferred to the Los Angeles Field Office as part of their financial crime squad, in 2019 she was promoted to Supervisory Special Agent and was named supervisor of Financial Crime Squad II.

Ms. Mercer has been married to AUSA Scott Mercer since 2015.

### Service History

* New York Field Office: 2004 to 2010
* Los Angeles Field Office: 2010 to 2019
* Financial Crime Squad II: 2019 to Present (Supervisor)
Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation

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The **Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation** is a senior United States government position in the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The office is second in command to the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. If the director is absent or the position is vacant, the deputy director automatically takes on the additional title and role of acting director. The office is also the highest position attainable within the FBI without being appointed by the President of the United States. Responsibilities as deputy director include assisting the director and leading prominent investigations. All other FBI executives and special agents in charge report to the director through the Deputy Director.

The current Deputy Director Meredith Flynn was sworn in on August 22 2018.
East St. Louis, Illinois

**East St. Louis** is a city in St. Clair County, Illinois. It is directly across the Mississippi River from downtown St. Louis, Missouri, and the Gateway Arch National Park. East St. Louis is in the Metro-East region of Southern Illinois. Once a bustling industrial center, like many cities in the Rust Belt, East St. Louis was severely affected by the loss of jobs due to the flight of the population to the suburbs during the riots of the late 1960s. In 1950, East St. Louis was the fourth-largest city in Illinois when its population peaked at 82,366. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 18,469, less than one-quarter of the 1950 census and a decline of almost one third since 2010.

A recent addition to the city's waterfront is the *Gateway Geyser*. On the grounds of Malcolm W. Martin Memorial Park, the fountain is the second-tallest in the world. Designed to complement the Gateway Arch across the river in St. Louis, it shoots water to a height of 630 feet (190 m), the same height as the arch.
Aroace

**Aromantic asexual**, often shortened to **aroace** or **aro ace**, is a term that refers to a individual who is both aromantic/aro-spec and asexual/ace-spec. Aroace can be used for any individual who identifies with both spectrums. For example, an aromantic asexual, an aromantic demisexual, an acespike frayromantic, and a lithromantic greysexual can all be described as aroace.

Some aroaces may experience other forms of attraction that are neither romantic nor sexual, such as queerplatonic attraction, alterous attraction, or sensual attraction. If they feel that this attraction is significant enough to warrant a place alongside their aroace orientation, they may identify as oriented aroace or angled aroace.