Why we're good partners:
The FBI is a strong contributor to community
partnerships because, as a federal agency with national
and international reach, we bring our own special resources,
intelligence, and expertise to the table. For example:
Our investigations—often partnered in task forces
with your local police, sheriffs, and other law enforcement
agencies—into gangs, terrorism, drug trafficking,
civil rights, fugitives, cyber crimes, and other crimes
keep us on the leading edge of knowing what dangers threaten
your community.
Our partnerships with local companies and institutions to
protect locally against economic espionage and acts of terrorism.
Our assistance to victims
of crimes in your area provides a lifeline to people
who have been hurt.
Our statistical research of Crime
in the U.S. tracks crime incidence and trends in your
geographical location.
Our research and expertise in special areas help defend
against specific community problems: issues like missing
and exploited children, school shootings, and violence in
the workplace.
How we use our resources to make a
difference in your community:
To use our expertise and our resources in
proactive ways to protect communities, families, and children,
we partner in the following FBI and other national programs:
1. Infragard:
information sharing between private industry and government
on critical national infrastructures.
2. Domain,
our counterintelligence protection program: information
sharing between private industry, academic, and government
on national threats and warnings.
3. Minority organizations, to include NAACP,
the League of United Latin-American Citizens, the FBI Arab,
Muslim and Sikh Advisory Council, and many local organizations.
4. Family-centered organizations, to include
Boys and Girls Clubs of America,
National Family Partnership
and the Red Ribbon Campaign, the Race
Against Drugs, and many local organizations.
In the end, it's all about people-to-people.
We'd like you to know about the very human
aspect of our programs. We have community outreach coordinators
in each of our 56 field offices who:
Arrange and staff Adopt-A-School
programs that put volunteer agents and staff members inside
classrooms to mentor and tutor "at risk" kids.
Arrange and staff Citizens' Academies
that bring community leaders into the field office to learn
firsthand about FBI operations and programs.
Meet with local educators, minority groups, and organizations
to talk about what the FBI can do with them and for them.
Serve on committees and boards for businesses, schools,
community groups, social and health services.
And, as often as not, find themselves at sports matches
at the end of the day cheering on their Adopt-A-School team.
