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National Firearms and Tactical Training Unit

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Jan 11, 2026
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What equipment and gear do ICE agents carry with their uniforms?

ICE does not issue a single, consistent uniform across the agency; agents can appear in tactical military-style kit, in marked ICE polos or jackets, or in plainclothes with minimal identifiers — and t...

Jan 12, 2026
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What kind of training do ICE agents receive for high-risk operations?

ICE agents assigned to high-risk operations receive a mix of federal basic training and agency-specific tactical instruction: entry-level law-enforcement recruits attend programs at the Federal Law En...

Dec 6, 2025
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How do ICE firearms qualification standards compare to other federal law enforcement agencies?

ICE requires regular firearms qualifications and publishes a detailed Firearms and Use of Force Handbook including a Handgun Qualification Course and quarterly requalification requirement (ICE sources...

Feb 4, 2026

What are the minimum safety standards for ICE agent body armor?

has formal, published directives governing agency body armor , testing and safeguarding, and operates a specialized testing unit that vets gear for use by agents . The agency’s publicly available mate...

Feb 3, 2026

What is the standard issue firearm for ICE agents?

The most commonly associated with field agents in recent years is the family—the agency moved from the older SIG P229 DAK (.40 S&W) to the P320 compact variant as its adopted service pistol—while ICE ...

Jan 25, 2026

What oversight exists for ICE equipment procurement and the agency’s National Firearms and Tactical Training Unit?

’s equipment procurement and the operate inside a formal federal procurement framework and internal oversight structures, but that oversight is distributed across DHS procurement offices, ICE program ...