The Declasse FIB is a four-door law enforcement SUV, appearing in Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto Online .
The Federal Investigation Bureau (FIB) is a law enforcement agency in the Grand Theft Auto series, appearing in all of the HD Universe games.
The FIB is based on the real-life Federal Bureau of Investigation. It is suggested that, just like the real-life FBI, the FIB has the role of an internal intelligence agency and a federal criminal investigative body. As seen in Grand Theft Auto V, they also do domestic surveillance and counterterrorism. They may also be involved in other affairs, given the fact some of the UFOs that appear high above San Andreas after 100% Completion is attained will display the initials "FIB" on their upper hull when approached. According to Lester Crest, the FIB has also framed innocent taxi drivers for terrorism, tortured civil rights campaigners, and ruined "the best bits of the internet".
The FIB replaces the FBI from the 3D Universe games, which didn't use a fictional name for the agency. However, the FIB also makes an appearance in the mobile releases of 3D Universe games by Grove Street Games, although this change takes effect on the ped models; the corresponding vehicles still retain the "FBI" acronym in their names. This is not considered a canon change; in-game dialogue still correctly refers to the agency as the FBI.
With the wanted level system in Grand Theft Auto IV changed, FIB agents appear at four stars, unlike their 3D Universe counterparts, who chase the player at five stars. At four stars, small groups of the FIB agents will arrive in FIB Buffalo sedans to assist the LCPD. Their attacks will become more frequent at five and six stars.
Similarly to NOOSE TRU officers, FIB agents are equipped with body armor, allowing them to withstand more gunfire before going down. Their appearances may vary from every FIB NPC and they do not use any protective gear during pursuits, aside from the aforementioned body armor.
The agents employed by the FIB are often late-middle-aged Caucasian men, unlike the LCPD and NOOSE TRU, who employ young to middle-aged Caucasian, African-American and Hispanic officers. These agents wear different types of uniforms; some wear random clothes with a navy blue jacket with the FIB logo, while others wear black suit pants with a white collared shirt, a black sweater vest and a gold badge around their neck. All FIB Agents carry their FIB badges on the neck. FIB agents are expert drivers and doggedly follow the player.
In certain missions in both The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony, the FIB Agents employed are of African-American, Caucasian and Asian descent and wear different apparel, such as suits and ties, overcoats, blue FIB track coats and others who wear a tactical vest with the letters "FIB" printed in yellow on the front and the back.
In The Ballad of Gay Tony, the FIB closed a website for gold-buying. The website was goldforlife.biz (only accessible in TBoGT), and due to complications between the FIB and the online store, the FIB shuttered the website, making the store unavailable for a 'temporary', undisclosed amount of time.
