Section Chief

Section Chief is a rank within the Federal Bureau of Investigation and refers to one who maintains authority over FBI activities within a specific jurisdiction. The term has been applied to any fictional form of media that utilizes the FBI.

Section Chief was a rank commonly found on the TV series The X-Files. In the early 1990s, Scott Blevins served as Section Chief and was based out of the J. Edgar Hoover Building in Washington. Joseph McGrath was also a Section Chief and a member of its Office of Professional Responsibility. McGrath used his authority in an effort to shut down the X-Files Division.