One of the FBI’s most prominent Black female agents has quit the “appalling” organization, warning that fast-track training “inexperienced and improperly trained people” is jeopardizing national security.
Under new Director Kash Patel, the bureau has dismantled its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) office, eliminated the college-degree requirement for new recruits, and slashed Quantico training from 18 to 8 weeks.
L. Nicole Dunn, who once described joining the FBI after hearing about the lack of Black officers, said she had left the “hostile” agency after an unblemished 16 years’ service.
She said she felt forced out by a “leadership that did not want” her—as a woman of color—any longer.
To mark her exit, Dunn—who has won plaudits and award nominations for her work prosecuting chi