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Love its. Through a podium located in the classroom, the instructor has access to the DEA Firebird computer system, audio and videotapes, 35 mm slides, and a document camera that can show overheads or evidence samples. A cable television system is also available to permit real-time viewing of news conferences or special events. Each classroom has a camera mounted in the room so presentations in that classroom can be recorded or broadcast to every other classroom, and even to the dormitory if a student is ill and unable to attend class. Three computer classrooms are devoted to training students in DEA Automated Information Systems, as well as general computer skills. The computer classrooms are also equipped with state-of-the-art capabilities. The DEA Training Academy is used for Basic Agent training, Basic Diversion Investigator training, Basic Intelligence Research Specialist training, Basic Forensic Science training, professional and executive development training, certification training, and specialized training. The Academy is also used to conduct drug law enforcement seminars for state and local law enforcement personnel, and through the use of specially equipped classrooms, international drug training seminars for foreign law enforcement officials. The Academy's international classroom has the capacity to simultaneously translate an instructor's course of instruction into three different languages. While trainees reside and attend class at the DEA Training Academy, firearms training, physical fitness and defensive tactics training, defensive driving training, and all practical application exercises continue to be held at the FBI Academy. The facilities required for these types of training are used jointly by both the DEA and FBI. The DEA and FBI use shared facilities at Quantico for physical fitness training, firearms, and tactical vehicle training. Domestic Training Basic Agent Training Over the past five years, the Office of Training has graduated over 1,800 DEA Special Agents from our Basic Agent Training program. Typically, class sizes range from 40 to 50 Basic Agent trainees. The average age of these students is 30 years. Approximately 60 percent of all trainees arrive with prior law enforcement experience, while 30 percent come from a military background. Every student must possess a bachelor's degree and nearly 20 percent have some post-graduate educational experience. The curriculum is a 16-week resident program that places strong emphasis upon leadership, ethics, and human dignity. Academic instruction provides the basics of report writing, law, automated information systems, and drug recognition, as well as leadership and ethics.
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Approximate Pages = 6.1
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