Lemme get this straight: when applying for DIF, your (potentially future) fellow co-worker agents conduct your background investigation? Gee, I don't see any problem with that...

Except of course when Bubba wants to help his buddy get the opening in his office...just skim over anything that might not reflect well. After all, you guys were fishing buddies back when you worked at that hocky-poke low-crime PD.

And then you can make federal cases over any minor BS that competing applicants might have.

Yeah, real professional.