Federal Reserve Bank Police

[Sampson]

What training does the FRB give to its new officers? Do they go the Basic academy at FLETC?

[GoDirectly2Jail]

Ranger_101 may be better able to answer this since he's a FRB officer, but my understanding is each Fed. is a seperate entity, and thus has their own in-house training.

[Ranger__101]

Training consisists of courses, topics and required isntructions that have been reivewed and verified by the DOJ and FLETC to meet the basic training requirements. We do not do any basic training at FLETC and do all of our training in house.

[FedPD02]

We do some of our training with an outside police agency sometimes.

[USNusp9]

I have an interview for a position in St. Louis on Tuesday. If anyone has any tips I would appreciate it. My interview is with the Director of Security and Protection for the whole District. I read his bio and prior to the fed, he was with the FBI for over 30 years. The starting pay is not the best but the benefits look great. Does anyone know if each bank has a different benefits package or is it the same across the board for the Federal Reserve System? From what Ive seen It looks like the 401k program is the same.

Quick question to current FRB officers...
I know the training is supposedly FLETC accredited or certified but is that the way federal agencies see it? For instance would FPS or NPS count the training as an academy?

[Ranger__101]

The benefits package is set up by a central office but may be different depending on what options are available in each district. Generally they are pretty comparable.

Other Fed agencies will generally send any previous employees of the FRB to their own academy or the Fletcce basic academy. That is because our training meets all the bacic requirements but the full basic FLETC course covers a few more areas of general LE that were not needed in our program.

[USNusp9]

Thanks for the info.

[coyote135]

FPS and NPS do not recognize the training from the FRB. Actually NO agencies that train at FLETC recognize the 'in house' training of FRB to fulfill the basic training requirements of their respective agencies. For example, if you want to become a 0025 NPS LE Ranger, you must attend the NPS training program, which is approx. 22 weeks at FLETC. And for FPS Police Officer, you must attend the Mixed Police Basic program at FLETC.

There are some excellent agencies in the STL area. I recommend you get Missouri POST Certified (for a first class county). The local agencies can give you some great real police experience, which is looked upon very favorably by fed LE agencies in the event you want to become an 1811.

[Ranger__101]

Coyote135. Remember to PM DC Law so that the verification process can begin for you.

[USNusp9]

Thanks to everyone who has replied to my posts. I accepted an offer today from FRB St. Louis. I start next month. I will get verified as soon as possible.

[coyote135]

Good luck with the new job. Be careful when you cross the river over to East STL. If you're not packing, just know EVERYBODY else is.....

[richcecil]

There are some excellent agencies in the STL area. I recommend you get Missouri POST Certified (for a first class county). The local agencies can give you some great real police experience, which is looked upon very favorably by fed LE agencies in the event you want to become an 1811.

I came on this late. You have proven your complete lack of knowledge of Fed LE. I am a 0083, Police Officer. I work in and around DC. Believe me I have REAL POLICE Experiance! Most of the 0083 agencies out there are much more than glorified Security and most offer 1811 slots in house. Many of my co-workers choice to go to 1811 positions but usually find that they (with the exception of the likes of NPS LE rangers, BATF and SS) and I qoute some of them here"miss real police work" Please make sure you know of what you speak in the future! :mad:

[USNusp9]

East St. Louis?

I grew up about 5 miles from ESL. I played varsity football against ESL at ESL. We beat them. Soon after winning, shots were fired. We didnt take off our helmets til we left the place! Working for Brinks I pick up in ESL. I am well aware of that glorious place.

Also from what I learned at the Fed today we have an in house training course, but have continuing education at the St. Louis County Police Academy. The Fed just completed construction on perhaps the best indoor range in the area, and are gutting one floor of the building to create a "Protection Suite" complete with command center, ready room, defensive tactics room, and "country club style locker room". The director of protection is a former Special Agent in Charge with the FBI for over 30 years.

Thanks for the replies ranger. Think there would be enough interest in starting a forum just for Fed Res Police? I have no idea how to create one, but it would be interesting to see how different each bank is.

Rich, I have been to the Pentagon as a high school student, and a Naval Officer. On both occasions the protection force was very professional and top notch. A great agency with an awesome responsibility.

[Ranger__101]

Congradulations on accepting the offer. I would have to say that our biggest advantage as being employed by a private company would be these bennies..

Employer compensated heath insurance - Employer and employee paid
Employer compensated dental insurance - Employer and employee paid
Employer compensated eye care - Employer and employee paid
Employer paid pension plan - Employer paid
Employer matching 401K (contribute up to 6% and the employer will match 80% of that starting fror the 1st to 5 years, 100% at 5 years and above)
Short term disability - Employer paid
Longter disability - Employer paid
Access to group Home and auto insurance rates - employee paid


Remember to sign up for the 401K and contribute 6%. You would be throwing money away by not taking advantage of the benefit.

As for the FRB group, we've mostly been using this forum but there is no reason that we could not start a FRB thread in the verifed section. In fact I think I'll jump over there and open one up and kick it off.

[coyote135]

I came on this late. You have proven your complete lack of knowledge of Fed LE. I am a 0083, Police Officer. I work in and around DC. Believe me I have REAL POLICE Experiance! Most of the 0083 agencies out there are much more than glorified Security and most offer 1811 slots in house. Many of my co-workers choice to go to 1811 positions but usually find that they (with the exception of the likes of NPS LE rangers, BATF and SS) and I qoute some of them here"miss real police work" Please make sure you know of what you speak in the future! :mad:

I am EXTREMELY familiar with federal law enforcement, being a former uniformed officer (local AND federal) and now an 1811. I stand by my statement that most 0083 positions are security oriented. If you look at the NUMBER OF AGENCIES with 0083 slots, a majority are a security type gig. Of course there are exeptions. Some of the exceptions, such as the U.S. Park Police which will give you excellent police experience. Being a 0083 or almost any other federal employee will give you status, which opens up a world of other government jobs. As a former uniformed officer who is now 1811, I also miss doing real police work. And yes, I know what i'm talking about...