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CAN YOU PASS
THE DEA'S
PHYSICAL TASK
ASSESSMENT TEST?
Daniel J. Borowick, MS, CSCS, Strength and Conditioning Specialist for GAP Solutions Inc.
T
he Drug Enforcement Administration,
more commonly referred to as the " DEA, "
is a United States federal law enforcement
agency that is given the specific authority
of focusing on and battling the trafficking
and distribution of narcotics within the
United States. The DEA has the authority to
investigate, pursue and coordinate United
States drug investigations that have a nexus
both domestically and abroad. The DEA was
created on July 1, 1973, by President Richard
Nixon. The DEA is given its investigatory
powers under Title 21 of the United States
Code USC Controlled Substances Act, which
established a federal US drug policy that
regulates the manufacture, importation,
possession, use, and distribution of certain
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substances. The DEA is comprised of many
professionals, such as Special Agents (SAs),
Diversion Investigators, Chemists, and
Intelligence Research Specialists, but it is the
SAs, who are solely the sworn federal law
enforcement officials within the DEA, who can
effectively make arrests that are derived from
their Title 21 authority.
In order to become a DEA SA, the applicant
must complete and successfully pass a
series of tests that assess the suitability of
the prospective applicant to be accepted
to the DEA Training Academy in Quantico,
Virginia. If the prospective applicant is
approved, a conditional letter of employment
will be offered to the individual. The first
assessment of a candidate's suitability in the
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