
While the A&S practices of both share military roots, the fields also approach A&S from different perspectives. IO A&S skills and perspectives (Jennifer notes) Assessment and Selection (A&S) is a core discipline of both Industrial/Organizational (I/O) Psychology and Clinical Psychology. Opportunities for future joint work efforts.IO and Clinical Psychology Cooperation.Introduction of Clinical and IO Psychology into HRT A&S.

Clinical and IO Psychologists Roles in HRT Selection.FBI Hostage Rescue Team (HRT) Background.Assessment & Selection Skills and Perspectives.29 in Portland.- E N D - Presentation TranscriptįBI Hostage Rescue Team (HRT) Selection An Example of The Complementary Roles of Industrial/Organizational and Clinical Psychology in Assessment and Selection
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26 shooting of Finicum have stressed that Astarita is innocent until proven otherwise - and that his alleged actions have no bearing on the investigation that declared the Finicum shooting lawful.Ī week-long trial for Astarita is set for Aug. “If you can’t testify in the FBI as an agent, why’s the FBI going to keep you?” Shaffer said. A dishonest agent would be “eaten alive” by the defense, he said. Shaffer said it’s critical for agents to be able to testify during trial.

“But once you lie about it, then you have the issue that you’ve lied under oath.” “The rumor in the FBI is if you fall on your sword and tell the truth, take your licks, then you still keep your job,” Shaffer said. Greg Shaffer spent two decades in the FBI, six of them as a member of HRT. It’s highly unusual, if not unprecedented, for HRT members to face criminal allegations for their conduct while carrying out a mission.įormer HRT members say this could be a case where the potential for what may be a cover up is worse than the events that played out during a fast-moving, highly volatile arrest attempt. HRT members are known to work side-by-side with counter-terrorism and military units like the Navy’s Seal Team 6.Īn FBI guard guides a truck out of the compound near the Burns Airport. The team is based in Quantico, Virginia, and carries out missions around the globe.

“I don’t know that they’ve ever been put on administrative leave,” Nelson said in an interview Thursday.įormed in 1983 as a response to the murder of Israeli athletes during the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, the FBI’s hostage rescue team is among the elite paramilitary units in the world. Department of Justice officials to alert them of “possible criminal conduct by some involved FBI HRT agents.”Ībout a month ago, Nelson said he learned the agents under investigation were not placed on administrative leave. More than a year ago, Nelson traveled to Washington, D.C., to meet with now acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe and other U.S. “We’ll just go where the evidence leads us,” he said. But Nelson wouldn't say whether he expected additional charges to be filed. Nelson said again Thursday that his office is continuing its investigation into the actions of the FBI agents present during the arrest attempt.

During Wednesday's news conference, Nelson said investigators not only uncovered the alleged actions of Astarita, but also “the subsequent concerning actions of some members of the FBI hostage rescue team.”
