This document outlines the training process to become a DEA agent. It discusses how agents are trained to identify narcotics through advanced identification techniques. Agents also undergo rigorous mental and physical training to prepare them for the job. The training culminates with graduation, which marks the final step to becoming a DEA special agent. The overall goal of the extensive training is to give agents the expert skills needed to successfully prevent crime.

1. Training a DEA Agent
Zach Schwab

2. Bibliography
Books:
• DEA Narcotics Investigator's Manual, Department of Justice
• Rice, Lewis. Dea Special Agent: My Life on the Front Line. Pittsburgh, PA: Dorrance Pub., 2008. Print.
• Clifford, Tom. Inside the DEA. Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse, 2006. Print.
Articles:
• UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. "DEA / Domestic Training - Basic Agent Training." DEA /
Domestic Training - Basic Agent Training. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, n.d. Web. 13 Oct.
2012. <http://www.justice.gov/dea/ops/Training/basic.shtml>.
• Cygnus Business Media. "Thread: DEA Special Agent Training." DEA Special Agent Training. Crawlability, Inc,
1996. Web. 13 Oct. 2012. <http://forums.officer.com/t52361/>.
Videos:
• Inside the DEA parts 1 and 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w cbfqFI26yM
• DEA Special Agent Training: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpH4KHdGwZA
DEA Agents
• Special Agents Huber and Barrows

3. Central Idea
• My Central idea is that in preventing
crime, the success of the Special Agents
of the DEA depends on expert training.

4. Main Points
1. Main Point: My first main point is discussing
how DEA agents identify narcotics and combat
them through advanced identification
2. Main Point: My second main point is discussing
the mental and physical training all agents must
go through
3. Main Point: My third main point is the final step
into becoming a Special Agent with the DEA,
graduation

5. First

7. Second

10. Third

11. Central Idea
• My Central Idea was that in preventing
crime, the success of the Special Agents
of the DEA depends on expert training.

12. Main Points
1. Main Point: My first main point is discussing
how DEA agents identify narcotics and combat
them through advanced identification
2. Main Point: My second main point is discussing
the mental and physical training all agents must
go through
3. Main Point: My third main point is the final step
into becoming a Special Agent with the DEA,
graduation

13. Conclusion
• As DEA agents always say “If you run
from us, you'll only go to jail tired.”

14. Questions?