Little Rock Community Outreach
Little Rock Community Outreach
Little Rock, like each of the FBI’s local field offices, has a community outreach program that complements and strengthens our many efforts to protect you, your businesses, and your families in concrete ways through a range of activities and initiatives.
Our recent activities include:
Little Rock FBI Citizens Academy Alumni Association members attend Special Agent in Charge (SAC) Valerie Parlave’s farewell reception. Members from left to right: Terry Jones, Steve Partridge, Don Kinney, SAC Parlave, Lisette Yang, Chris Matthews, Nancy Chu and Jerry Hood.
2012 Citizens Academy class participant Amanda Prince getting a little excited while trying on bomb suite helmet. Other Citizens Academy participants learning about operation of Bomb Robot and Bomb Suit.
Community Outreach Specialist Hoskins with ADEM Rescue Dogs and Trainers while attending National Missing Children’s Day event at Penick Boys and Girls Club, Little Rock, AR.
The FBI Little Rock Field Office celebrates with the Arkansas Children’s Hospital on their 100th year Anniversary by sharing a “Show and Tell”, finding and making finger prints, learning about the FBI Swat and Bomb Squad and just having a good time. SA Scott Pierre and SA Laura Garrett suiting the children with Swat gear.
Among our other ongoing efforts:
- Meeting with minority groups and civic organizations to talk about what the FBI can do with them and for them and hosting town hall meetings as needed to dialogue on key issues;
- Sending our special agents and others from the FBI into schools, businesses, and civic meetings to explain emerging crime and security threats and to provide specific advice on how to prevent being victimized by these threats;
- Supporting the graduates of our Citizens’ Academies, who often band together in local alumni chapters to create crime prevention programs and other initiatives that benefit communities;
- Serving on committees and boards for businesses, schools, community groups, and social and health services and launching drives to bring food, gifts, and toys to the less fortunate during the holidays and other times of the year;
- Encouraging citizens to step forward to report crime and serve as witnesses in court;
- Distributing Child ID kits at football games and other events; and
- Hosting Adopt-A-School programs that put volunteer agents and staff members inside classrooms to mentor and tutor “at risk” kids.
Visit our national In Your Community website for more information about our overall outreach efforts and our work in other local FBI offices.
