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Article: Law enforcement prepares for new types of threats.(Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta)
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- Financial Update
- Article date:
- April 1, 2005
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Every visitor to the Atlanta Fed has interacted with one of the facility's law enforcement officers. These uniformed and armed security personnel are the first people visitors encounter on arriving and the last they see when leaving. This role is fitting because these men and women are tangible symbols of the Federal Reserve's responsibility to safeguard the nation's financial system.
In addition to monitoring security posts and serving as ambassadors for the bank, however, a law enforcement officer, on a typical day, might receive firearms recertification, take part in scenario-based training exercises, or administer first-aid to an injured employee as a first ...