“...later I learned that in 2002 there were a grand total of 4500 active field agents for all 50 states.”
FYI -
The latest public data I saw shows an FBI force of 39,000 personnel. About 13,000 are field agents. About 26,000 are desk jockeys, lab workers and others. Of that 26,000, about 2,500 are classified as handicapped.
About 13,000 are field agents.
Bet that 10,000 are probably muslim or affirmative action hires.. Would not surprise me.
“2,500 are classified as handicapped”
The number is not referring to handicapped individuals, it is referring to individuals with disabilities, which I have discovered can include things like partial hearing loss or even hemorrhoids.