The Brief
- The FBI Tampa Field Office hosted the Federal Teen Academy.
- Agents got to share the challenges and rewards of their job.
- This is the fourth year for the two-day academy in Tampa.
TAMPA, Fla. – More than 100 Tampa Bay area high school students are spending two days with federal agents at the FBI Field Office in Tampa.
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Agents instructed them in everything from forensics to sharpening skills on a laser gun range. They also got to climb inside the FBI’s Bearcat armored vehicle, which is used by the bureau’s SWAT team.
They also saw the U.S. Secret Service follow-up vehicle, an armored Suburban with jump seats and gun mounts. It’s the kind of vehicle that follows in a motorcade directly behind the president’s car.…