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>> So maybe it’s just me but
one little boy doesn’t at one
time or another dream about being in
being in
the FBI. It’s the lead law
enforcement agency, the United
puts trainees to real world
situation to get them ready for
what they may face. This video right here is from training.
right here is from training.
The facility there in Quantico,
Virginia. Call Hogan’s alley
a replication of a community
that provides as close to real
situations for all agents and
you can get the FBI considers itself the most diverse law
itself the most diverse law
enforcement agency in the world
but is looking to do more and
you might be able to fit in for
that. And so joining me this
morning to talk about the
ongoing effort DT Joyner
special agent recruitment coordinator for the Houston
coordinator for the Houston
office of the FBI. Good morning
to you. Thank you for coming
in. Good morning. Khambrel.
Thank you for having we talk
about why people get into the FBI. We’re talking a little bit
FBI. We’re talking a little bit
before we started doing the
taping here and your story is
fascinating. It probably is
not unlike a lot of others to
get into FBI. That’s not what you grew up wanting to do.
you grew up wanting to do.
>> I never thought I would be
in
the FBI. My ethnicity. I’m
Chinese and my parents. Like
most Asian parents say you got
to be an attorney, a doctor or
an engineer or make a lot of money and I thought about
of money and I thought about
categories are not for me.
So I guess we’ll make a lot
of money. So off. I went to USC. I got my business degree
USC. I got my business degree
and also got my MBA from USC
and I climbed the corporate
ladder like I was supposed to.
I was a sales person sales manager director sales even on
manager director sales even on
my own company for a little
bit. All in telecommunications
cells. I did this for 12 years.
And hate it every single day
of that. So I don’t recommend that for everybody. But it was
that for everybody. But it was
great skills and training for
where I am now. So what was the
tipping point. They got you to
stay to go from all that you’re
doing.
>> To go to the FBI. I think he had a point
the FBI. I think he had a point
in your life and your career
where you realize money isn’t
everything. And I just
really wanted that job
satisfaction. I wanted a
purpose in life. And for me, that was it. I had to make that
that was it. I had to make that
change. And I decided I’m going
for the FBI. My husband Chuck
joiner is a retired agent.
And even though I’m married to him. I didn’t know all the
to him. I didn’t know all the
different things and facets of
the FBI and so as I’m listening
to him talk about his career.
I thought, well, that’s very interesting. I want to solve
interesting. I want to solve
crimes. I want to drive cars
fast and backwards. I want to
shoot guns. I enjoy physical
fitness so that that was that
the turning point for me so I talk about the ongoing program
talk about the ongoing program
because the FBI really you have
more in terms of
agencies.
>> The program itself. You look
at what goes on there. It looks that you you can’t come in and
that you you can’t come in and
not be physically fit. Talk
about the kind of training goes
on in the initial phases and
how that leads to other things.
Everybody goes to a certain
phase. The basics I’m guessing and then off to specialize from
and then off to specialize from
that point on correct.
>> All of our agents go to
Quantico, Virginia and you did
19 weeks of training at the FBI
Academy. And we’re going to train you as a journalist, you
train you as a journalist, you
don’t need to know how to shoot
guns or a country’s any that
because we hire from variety of
backgrounds and it very diverse
group of people. So you get in which
of people. So you get in which
a new in the basics on how to
do federal investigations and
that’s in counterterrorism
counterintelligence cyber and criminal. And so as we put you
criminal. And so as we put you
through those spaces. We teach
you about firearms. We teach
you about defensive tactics.
We teacher about just
scenarios. That’s what Hogan at
Hogan’s alley and then after you graduate, you go to your
you graduate, you go to your
field office and then you’ll
get continued specialized
training.
>> This whole process of 19
weeks is a
long time compared to the general basic training for
general basic training for
military, for example, 19 weeks
is longer. The military.
But in terms of somebody who might be thinking about going
might be thinking about going
into the FBI. It should
highlighted about all
the different areas of
specialization. In the real
world that you get FBI people
from the become FBI agents from all different walks of life,
all different walks of life,
correct. I think there’s a
misconception of who
we hire.
>> I think most people think
you need a criminal justice
degree or you need to law
enforcement background or military background. But in
military background. But in
fact, we hire from all walks
of life.
>> So from accountants
attorneys engineers, NASA
rocket scientists teachers even salespeople night. Every walk
salespeople night. Every walk
of life because it’s important
to have diversity of not just
at the city but also your
background because that’s what
makes the FBI strong. It seems
like that’s a classic example
of wanted to have an agency
that represents the community
apps that we live in and we’re
becoming a more
diverse country, maybe not so
politically because we’re still
kind of put a lot of different ways there. Maybe we’ll get
ways there. Maybe we’ll get
that worked out. But a lot of
us were still diversified.
And in terms of our ethnicities
and those kinds of things.
So is that kind of what you’re looking for now. And this is
looking for now. And this is
you have an ongoing effort now
for diversity recruitment but
that’s ongoing not just now,
it’s all the time is not
absolutely we are hiring
diverse agents all the time. >> We want our a canister
>> We want our a canister
represent our communities and
it’s very important for us to
you know, attract, you know, minorities and women. So
minorities and women. So
we recruit we train and then we
promote. We really want women
and people of color in our
ranks and we need a very
diversified workforce. So special agent in charge Perry
special agent in charge Perry
Turner already told me that I’m
too old to So having that
that’s my dream is gone.
If there are other positions
for you. We can still hire.
You came to the good idea because I’m a buy rating.
because I’m a buy rating.
Let this job go saw him become
the FBI.
>> What does somebody have to
know if they want to try to
apply. What what can you tell
them. The best way to start
that process.
>> To become a special agent in need to be between the ages of
need to be between the ages of
3623 36 years old, you must be
a
U.S. citizen. You need to have
a four-year degree from an
accredited college University with 2 years of professional
with 2 years of professional
work experience or a Masters
with one year professional work
experience. And of course you
get a be able to pass that test
and I’m sure you can do it.
do everything except the age
thing. I can do that if they
want to contact was the FBI
contact information. You would
you would FBI jobs,
dot gov.
>> And you apply to careers.
And if you’re interested
in diversity, search for
diversity recruiting and you’ll
see different different avenues
of how you can get into the
FBI. Well, give me this dream
again. DG, thank you so much.
I’m glad to be able to have
this conversation with you.