The Academy
'We don't shoot to wound or shoot to scare. Our agents are trained to hit the body, the centre mass.' (Head of FBI Firearms Training)
This film follows a group of young men and women receiving basic training in FBI methods at the Academy, a training complex near Washington. Over 15 strenuous weeks, former accountants, teachers and lawyers are taught the latest scientific techniques of law enforcement—including how to use a gun with 'deadly force.
Horizon editor GRAHAM MASSEY
Producer CHRISTOPHER LA FONTAINE