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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 FBI 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. Unlike most police forces, the FBI has not one, but two, 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 FBI 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 péople. For example: * In 1976, the FBI successfully investigated allegations of "sweetheart" contracts with the U.S. Recording Company, which led to the indictment of an FBI Special Agent and disciplinary action against numerous others. One FBI employee who was fired as a 16