John Doggett
Work History

1987 - 1995:
New York Police Department, Detective, Fugitive Warrant Division

1995: Graduate FBI National Academy (Quantico)

1995 - 2000: Special Agent, Criminal Investigations Division

2000 - 2002: Special Agent, X-Files Division. During the rest of 2002 and beyond it is unknown if Doggett and Reyes were able to continue their work in the X-Files Division since the office was torn apart and their files stolen ("The Truth").

From 1987 until 1995, John Doggett worked as a Detective with the New York Police Department in the Fugitive Division's Warrant section. This section is responsible for apprehending persons wanted on felony bench warrants, indictment warrants and arrest warrants. They work closely with investigators from other state and federal law enforcement agencies (Parole, US Marshals, FBI).

For Doggett to have graduated Quantico in 1995, he would have been attending Quantico classes and training at the same time that he was a Detective with the NYPD. This is a common practice for police officers if they have the opportunity to go to Quantico to receive extra training.

It takes two years to graduate from Quantico, so Doggett would have started there in 1993. Theoretically he may have done this to help cope with his grief after his son died and he and his wife divorced. Men often overwork themselves to deal with grief, that way they don't have to face or show their emotions - they can set their emotions aside by focusing on all their work.

After graduating from Quantico, Doggett was given his first assignment as a Special Agent (SA). He was assigned to the Criminal Investigations Division. The FBI assigns new agents a minimum of four years to their first assignment. By 1999 Doggett would have had the opportunity to request a preferred assignment if he did not like his first. It is possible that an agent could be transferred within the time of their first assignment based on the staffing needs of the FBI.

Since the CID (Criminal Investigations Division) also takes care of child abduction cases, it's easy to see why he would have stayed assigned to that division by the time his first assignment was up. He could help find missing children and help families reunite - something that didn't happen with his family.

Other responsibilities of the CID are to compile information to substantiate the existence of criminal activity, for obtaining evidence to identify, arrest and convict those who violate the law, for locating stolen property and for providing assistence to those victimized by the criminal actions of others. Also responsible for assisting and preparing criminal cases, which are brought before the courts (perhaps this is how he met friend Martin Wells), homicide, robbery, sex crimes, narcotics and organized crime (maybe this is how Bob Harvey first discovered Luke Doggett - he could have known about John Doggett and got information on his family), collect evidence, identify perpetrators, fraud.

In 2000, Doggett was assigned as the task force leader to find missing Special Agent Fox Mulder. After turning in a report that included inconclusive findings, Deputy Director Kersh reassigned Doggett to the X-Files Division. Doggett was assigned partner to Special Agent Dana Scully, to investiate unexplained phenomena. Kersh may have set him up to fail in the FBI.

In 2001, Doggett assigns Special Agent Monica Reyes as his new partner after he suspects Kersh is involved in some government alien conspiracy. Reyes remains his partner after Scully gives birth to her son (William) and decides to teach at Quantico rather than return to field work in the X-Files Division. Doggett frequently calls upon Scully for her advice, expertise and assistance in their cases.

In 2002, after Mulder is sentenced to death for murdering Knowle Rohrer; Doggett, Skinner and Kersh break Mulder out to save his life. Doggett and Reyes return to D.C. only to find everything taken out of their office, everything has disappeared, we do not know if Doggett and Reyes continued to work for the FBI or not, or if they too are destined to live life on the run for helping a convicted murderer escape the death penalty.