Driscoll was picked as operator for the bureau’s HRT in March 2011. Driscoll began working in the Long ... Driscoll was awarded the FBI Medal of Valor and the FBI Shield of Bravery “for his actions ...

Crucially, however, scaled HRT tactical deployments by the crisis duty team only occur when the FBI assesses that there is a highly credible and significant potential of ongoing threat.

In a press release published on Jan. 14, the agency noted that Driscoll "most recently served as the commander of the FBI's Hostage Rescue Team (HRT) and Critical Incident Response Group's (CIRG) ...