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Currently, the FBI's top priorities are:
This introduces an outdated priorities list. The FBI’s official Mission and Priorities page now lists four strategy priorities: Crush Violent Crime, Defend the Homeland, Rebuild Public Trust, and Fierce Organizational Accountability.
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The article says the FBI’s current top priorities are the older eight-item list that follows. But the FBI’s official Mission and Priorities page now gives a different current strategy. Under “FBI Strategy”, the Bureau lists four priorities: Crush Violent Crime, Defend the Homeland, Rebuild Public Trust, and Fierce Organizational Accountability. Because the post labels the older list as the Bureau’s current priorities, it is no longer accurate.
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- Mission and Priorities — FBI
Under “FBI Strategy,” the FBI lists its priorities as: “Crush Violent Crime,” “Defend the Homeland,” “Rebuild Public Trust,” and “Fierce Organizational Accountability.”
At present, the Glock 23 "FG&R" (finger groove and rail; either 3rd generation or "Gen4") is the issue sidearm.
Official FBI materials identify the Glock 19M—not a Glock 23—as the primary Bureau-issued sidearm for new agents.
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This sentence is out of date. In an official FBI firearms-training video, Firearms Training Unit instructor Rhys Williams says new agents’ primary weapon / sidearm is a Glock 19M. An FBI field-office press release also identified a stolen FBI-issued weapon as a Glock 19M 9mm. Those official FBI sources contradict the article’s statement that the Glock 23 is the Bureau’s current issue sidearm.
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- FBI Pittsburgh Offers $5,000 Reward to Recover Stolen Weapon — FBI
The press release identifies the stolen FBI weapon as “a Glock 19M 9mm.”
- Becoming an Agent: Firearms Training — FBI
In the official FBI training video, instructor Rhys Williams says: “Their primary weapon, their sidearm, is a Glock 19M.”