US Law Enforcement Response, Time, Scale and Coordination (Galveston, TX)

[Prince Charon]

Originally Posted by Icelander

If a federal LEO, what kind of rank?

Assistant Special Agent in Charge? Higher? Lower?

This is (I think) at least big enough for an Assistant Special Agent in Charge to be involved, but depending on how much coverage it's getting in the national news (given the context, it sounds like the answer would be 'a lot,' unless there's something else big going on to distract the media), a full Special Agent in Charge might be better.

EDIT: A lot of people in the public and even the media in the US don't have a great understanding of FBI ranks (and some in the media may pretend not to, to stir people up), so someone with 'assistant' in front of their title talking to the press may have people thinking that the person who is actually in charge sent his/her assistant to talk to the press, which doesn't always go over well.