Special Agents

Training

The CITP provides basic and fundamental training in the techniques, concepts, and methodologies of conducting criminal investigations. Some of the subjects covered in the training include human behavior, modem investigative technology, cultural sensitivity, law and skills training in firearms, physical techniques, driving techniques, handcuffing, interviewing, surveillance, crime scene management, photography, basic firearm training, and federal court procedures.
The CITP consists of approximately 56 training days and is conducted at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) in Glynco, Georgia.
The CITP requirement may be waived for new hires who attended CITP with another Federal agency.
Each class consists of 48 students, of whom 24 are from ATF. The additional students are from various Federal agencies.
The ATF Academy strongly encourages new special agent hires to be in top physical condition prior to arriving at FLETC.
Successful completion of CITP is mandatory in order to maintain employment.

The Special Agent Basic Training (SABT) for special agent trainees is a demanding and intensive training program that covers a wide range of disciplines to include: firearms and ammunition identification, firearms trafficking, report writing, interviewing techniques, alcohol/tobacco diversion investigations, explosives and fire/arson investigations, firearms and tactical training, close quarter countermeasures, field operations, undercover techniques and physical conditioning.
SABT is designed to meet all the basic skill requirements of a newly hired ATF special agent trainee.
The SABT consists of approximately 13.5 weeks of training, with a class of 24 student trainees, and is conducted at FLETC.
Successful completion of SABT is mandatory in order to maintain employment.