Training a DEA Agent

Zach Schwab

BibliographyBooks:

• DEA Narcotics Investigator's Manual, Department of Justice

• Rice, Lewis. Dea Special Agent: My Life on the Front Line. Pittsburgh, PA: Dorrance Pub., 2008. Print.

• Clifford, Tom. Inside the DEA. Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse, 2006. Print.

Articles:

• UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. "DEA / Domestic Training - Basic Agent Training." DEA / Domestic Training - Basic Agent Training. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, n.d. Web. 13 Oct. 2012. <http://www.justice.gov/dea/ops/Training/basic.shtml>.

• Cygnus Business Media. "Thread: DEA Special Agent Training." DEA Special Agent Training. Crawlability, Inc, 1996. Web. 13 Oct. 2012. <http://forums.officer.com/t52361/>.

Videos:

• Inside the DEA parts 1 and 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w cbfqFI26yM

• DEA Special Agent Training: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpH4KHdGwZA

DEA Agents

• Special Agents Huber and Barrows

Central Idea

• My Central idea is that in preventing crime, the success of the Special Agents of the DEA depends on expert training.

Main Points

1. Main Point: My first main point is discussing how DEA agents identify narcotics and combat them through advanced identification

2. Main Point: My second main point is discussing the mental and physical training all agents must go through

3. Main Point: My third main point is the final step into becoming a Special Agent with the DEA, graduation

First

Second

Third

Central Idea

• My Central Idea was that in preventing crime, the success of the Special Agents of the DEA depends on expert training.

Main Points

1. Main Point: My first main point is discussing how DEA agents identify narcotics and combat them through advanced identification

2. Main Point: My second main point is discussing the mental and physical training all agents must go through

3. Main Point: My third main point is the final step into becoming a Special Agent with the DEA, graduation

Conclusion • As DEA agents always say “If you run

from us, you'll only go to jail tired.”

Questions?