FBI no longer treating an applicant’s experience with prostitution as automatic bar against hiring
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The agency will now evaluate some applicants with a history of paying for sex on a case-by-case basis rather than disqualifying them outright.
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Bureau will still dismiss those engaged with sex workers within past 10 years, three or more times overall, or while in public safety capacity The FBI is dropping a categorical hiring ban on applicants who have had sexual encounters with sex workers and will instead consider in a more holistic manne…
The FBI has revised its hiring standards and no longer disqualifies applicants who admitted to hiring prostitutes or stealing from an employer. The new guidelines come following the retirement, resignation and termination of scores of FBI agents during the second Trump administration.
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