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The available documents show that ICE maintains a structured firearms training and qualification regime centered on a formal handbook, a dedicated Office of Firearms and Tactical Programs, regulatory ...
The ICE ERO firearms policy refers to a formal, agency-level roster of "ICE‑approved firearms and intermediate force weapons" contained in its Firearms and Use of Force Handbook and related directives...
Since 2020 ICE’s firearms training shows two simultaneous trends: a pullback from controversial civilian-facing programs that drew public backlash, and continued institutional consolidation and modern...
ICE maintains written firearms and use-of-force policy and separate authorized‑firearms lists for components such as Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO)...
ICE’s official firearms and use-of-force policy in 2025 is governed by its directive 19009.3 and the accompanying Firearms and Use of Force Handbook, which set agency-wide rules on when officers may d...
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...
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...
’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 ...
ICE trains its officers on defensive tactics, firearms, and a range of intermediate or "less-lethal" weapons: agency doctrine, instructor certifications, and federal oversight explicitly require train...
ICE’s basic-training physical standards reported in multiple outlets require a 1.5‑mile run in roughly 14 minutes and a modest set of calisthenics — commonly cited figures are 15 push‑ups and 32 sit‑u...
ICE tactical teams receive formalized, recurring , guided by the Office of Firearms and Tactical Programs and codified in an SRT handbook; training spans federal academies and specialized courses and ...