CRIMINAL INVESTIGATOR JOBS
Many federal criminal investigators are also referred to as Special Agents although some agencies title thier investigators as Criminal Investigators. The terms Spcial Agent and Criminal Investigator are, for the most part, interchangeable. Several federal agencies use other titles for thier criminal investigators such as Deputy Marshals (US Marshal Service) and Postal Inspectors (U.S Postal Inspection Service). These inspectors, originally called "Surveyors", received the title change in 1801 to "Special Agent". This change made them the first Special Agents in the United States. In 1880, the U.S. Congress created the position "Chief Postal Inspector" and renamed "Special Agents" to "Postal Inspectors"
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