Shaquille O’Neal is sworn in as an honorary FBI special agent during the FBI National Academy’s Session 299 graduation at Quantico. Multiple outlets report that Kash Patel officiates the ceremony and that O’Neal receives the honorary appointment as a reserve/deputy-type officer tied to law enforcement.
The reports also note that O’Neal, 54, has previously been sworn in with police departments in multiple U.S. states, indicating an ongoing public-facing association with law enforcement honors. While the core announcement is consistent across coverage, one outlet includes a specific detail about O’Neal taking an “arrest” photo with Charles Barkley during or around the event. Other coverage focuses more broadly on the honorary agent designation and the swearing-in itself.
