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The FBI Academy at Quantico Grows Training Reach
The FBI National Academy near Quantico VA, founded July 29 1935, has graduated over 5000 officers from the US and abroad. Two 12 week sessions yearly train elite instructors to expand local programs. Beginning in 1969 a three month course will train 1200 officers annually, expanding the current 200. Subjects include criminal investigation fingerprinting lab aid firearms and ballistics defense physics chemistry photography and evidence preservation plus criminal law education government public speaking psychology sociology and physical sciences. The program emphasizes discipline and civic duty for those who guard civil rights and defend the innocent.