About half of respondents said instructors criticized female trainees more than male trainees doing the same job. Image: Kristi Blokhin/Shutterstock.com
By: FEDweek StaffAn IG report on the FBI’s training process for new special agents and intelligence analysts has found disparate treatment by gender, including that female trainees received a disproportionate number of performance citations and were dismissed at rates higher than expected based on their share of the population.
“Significant percentages of both male and female trainees described particular training areas in which they perceived that men and women were treated differently,” said an evaluation of the 2015-2020 classes at the training academy in Quantico, Va.
For example, 43 percent of female new agent trainees “believed that men were treated more favorably during the assessment and evaluation aspects of tactical training”; 45 percent “reported being evaluated differently because of their gender”; and 48 percent “stated that instructors criticized female trainees more than male trainees who were doing the same job.”
“In addition, we found that male and female trainees surveyed and interviewed experienced a negative training environment and had unprofessional interactions with instructors. Specifically, 50 percent of female survey respondents stated that instructors told sexist stories or jokes,” it said.
In addition, in our survey and interviews of male and female trainees, a substantial number of women reported inappropriate behavior and
It also found that only two women served as tactical or defense tactics training instructors during the period. “We believe that having more female instructors would have a positive effect on training for men and women by creating an environment in which NATs feel more comfortable approaching and receiving instruction and feedback from a variety of instructors,” it said.
In its comments, FBI management agreed with recommendations that it review training to identify and address gender equity differences; collect and evaluate feedback from trainees, increase transparency of the evaluation process; review whether its training for instructors “appropriately addresses professionalism and bias”; and develop a plan to increase the recruitment of women as tactical and defensive tactics instructors.
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