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The Treasury Department also participated in th.. negotiations leading to the deadly force policy. Through the efforts of Treasury Undersecretary Noble and his staff, there is now a uniform deadly force policy that governs the actions of Treasury Department and Justice Department law enforcement officers. That policy permits deadly force to be used "when the officer has a reasonable belief that the subject of such force poses an imminent danger of death or serious physical injury to the officer or to another person." The FBr Investigating Itself Several times, during these hearings, the issue of whether the FBI should investigate itself has arisen. In assessing this issue, the Subcommittee should consider the FBi's history in this regard. but two, Unlike most police forces, the Fbi has not one, I independent watchdogs that provide oversight of the FBi's employees and activities. In coordination with the Department of Justice Office of Professional Responsibility since 1976, the FBr has had a long and distinguished record of successfully investigating alleged misconduct by FBI employees. This record of success includes matters of great significance to the FBI and the American people. For example: * In 1976, the FBI successfully investigated allegations of "sweetheart" contracts with the U.s. Recording Company, which led against numerous others. One FBI employee who was fired as a 16