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New ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) special agents receive formal, multi-week instruction through the HSI Academy that includes a 12-week FLETC Criminal Investigator Training Program followe...
Available official and reporting sources confirm that new agents receive formal firearms instruction as part of their at and through ICE’s Office of Firearms and Tactical Programs, with additional on‑...
The core physical standards reported for new ICE agent recruits center on a Pre-Employment Physical Fitness Test (PFT) combining sit-ups, push-ups, sprint/run events and a timed 1.5-mile run; widely c...
ICE’s Special Agent physical fitness instruction is embedded in formal HSI Academy curricula that include weekly conditioning and tactical practice during multi-week investigator and special agent cou...
Available documents in the provided set do not state how many firearms are allocated to each U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent; none of the agency reports, policy pages, or training...
ICE’s public materials and recruitment push have prompted questions about how the agency screens incoming agents for extremist affiliations, with reporting showing both public concern over recruitment...
ICE’s official PFT page (updated Feb 6, 2025) says the agency’s pre‑employment Physical Fitness Test (PFT) is four timed events and that “selectees must meet or exceed each event’s minimum standards,”...
Working as an ICE/Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agent demands to cope with investigative complexity, tactical operations, and unpredictable schedules. Candidates must pass standardized fitnes...
The ICE agent training program is described as physically demanding, anchored by a four-event Physical Fitness Test (PFT) and operational skills training such as residence entry and house clearing; re...
The available reporting shows two contrasting narratives about ICE/HSI entry training: official academy curricula describe multi-week, programs with fitness, tactics, and legal instruction, while rece...
There is that lists specific physical fitness tests ICE agents must pass before deployment; available documents discuss training programs, general fitness activities, and other agencies’ fitness stand...
The documents you provided do not state a specific number of that ICE agents receive during their training programs; the closest explicit detail is that the HSI Academy’s 13‑week HSISAT program includ...