Special agent is usually the title for a detective or investigator for a state, county, municipal, federal or tribal government. A special agent is not a "spy" (i.e. secret agent), but an investigator. An agent is a worker for any other federal agency, and a secret agent is one who works for an intelligence agency.
Within the U.S. government, the title of Special Agent is used to describe any federal criminal or non-criminal investigator or detec...
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Special agent is usually the title for a detective or investigator for a state, county, municipal, federal or tribal government. A special agent is not a "spy" (i.e. secret agent), but an investigator. An agent is a worker for any other federal agency, and a secret agent is one who works for an intelligence agency.
Within the U.S. government, the title of Special Agent is used to describe any federal criminal or non-criminal investigator or detective in the 1811, 1801, 2501, or similar job series as so titled according to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) handbook. Agents are typically educated at least as far as the undergraduate level. Such persons are usually armed and have the power to arrest and conduct investigations into the violation of federal laws.
Just about every federal agency has some type of special agent, including those employed within the:
Federal law enforcement training can be divided into various categories, the most common being basic, agency-specific...
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