One of the thousands of reprimands within the Bureau for failure to follow instructions...
Discipline was rigid in the Bureau during the early days, and still is today. Everyone on the inside knows that and they also know that certain infractions committed are going to result in sometimes severe penalties. Penalties ranged from suspensions without pay to termination.
Our research has located one 1939 document revealing the various infractions and the penalties imposed during the era. These still exist today although some infractions have been added and penalties have changed in some instances.