# fbiwanted.persons.search

Search the FBI Wanted API for wanted persons, fugitives, and missing/victim listings. Filter by name, FBI field office, sex, race, or person classification. Returns title, charges, physical description, reward, field offices, and photos for each match (api.fbi.gov, public US Government data)

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `fbiwanted.persons.search`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-whiteknightonhorse-apibase/fbiwanted.persons.search

## Facts

- Tool: `fbiwanted.persons.search`
- Server: Apibase (`apibase-mcp-client`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-whiteknightonhorse-apibase.md
- Install: `npx -y apibase-mcp-client`
- Homepage: https://github.com/whiteknightonhorse/APIbase
- Risk category: Read (Low risk)
- Registry record: grade F, identity unverified
- Server auth posture: open
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 7
- Recommended policy verdict: Allowed

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `sex` | string | no | Filter by sex (lowercase values only). |
| `page` | integer | no | Page number for pagination (default 1). |
| `race` | string | no | Filter by race, lowercase (e.g. "white", "black", "hispanic", "asian", "native"). |
| `title` | string | no | Filter by name/title, partial case-insensitive match (e.g. "smith"). |
| `page_size` | integer | no | Results per page (default 20, max 50). |
| `field_office` | string | no | Filter by FBI field office slug handling the case (e.g. "seattle", "miami", "losangeles"). |
| `person_classification` | string | no | Filter by classification, e.g. "Main" (the wanted subject) or "Victim". |

Parameters from the server's own tool schema.

## Example call (MCP tools/call, JSON-RPC 2.0)

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "fbiwanted.persons.search",
    "arguments": {}
  }
}
```

## Why fbiwanted.persons.search is rated Low

Retrieves public US Government data with no side effects or state changes.

From the tool's own definition: "Search the FBI Wanted API for wanted persons, returns title, charges, physical description, reward, photos."

## Use case

AI agents call fbiwanted.persons.search to retrieve information from Apibase without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

Verdict: **Allowed**. Enforced by the PolicyLayer MCP gateway (https://policylayer.com/mcp-gateway) before a call reaches Apibase:

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "fbiwanted.persons.search": {}
  }
}
```

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