When theres bad people out there who are in drug cartels, there is one agency that will do anything to enforce drug laws in the United States and catch drug buyers and sellers. You will learn the basic information about the DEA. Then you will learn about their training and things you need to have the job. Lastly you will find out why the DEA is a good benefit for the United States. Hopefully after this you will know why the DEA is important to us. This is some of the basic information you need to know about the DEA. First of all the DEA stands for Drug Enforcement Administration, it’s a United States federal law enforcement agency. They are tasked with combating drug smuggling in the US. The DEA was formed on July 1st,1973, it was formed by the BNND (Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs) and by the ODALE (Office of Drug Abuse Law enforcement) it was signed by the President Richard Nixon, they employ over 10,800 people including 5,500 special agents, plus there's a lot of carers you can take in the DEA. This is the basic information you need to know about the DEA agency.
To be in the DEA you will have to go through a hard core training and lots of things to get the job. First you will have to finish a session of 18 weeks of training, you will have to do 84-hour physical fitness. Then you will train with firearms, weapon safety, tactical shooting and deadly force decision training, the guns they use are a Glock 22,24 and 27. The specific things you need to have to be in the DEA is that you need to be a citizen of the US then you at least need a bachelors or a masters degree, then you need to have at least a GPA of 2.95 or higher. If your are thinking about being in the DEA they will have to BI (Background Information) your information to see you haven't gotten in trouble with the law, and if you have ever had an experience with marijuana they will decline your application. You at least need to be 21 or 36 at the time you will fill ...