Chapter News

Be Prepared The Department of Homeland Security extended the Real ID enforcement date to May 7, 2025. Beginning then, everyone over the age of 18 will need to have their Real ID or another TSA-acceptable form of Identification to travel through airport security checkpoints. In the meantime, a...

During this time of shelter-at-home, there are many elderly in nursing homes who are in need of, and would greatly appreciate a thoughtful and heartfelt "hello" from our members. With this thought, the FBI Portland CAAA is starting its first Card Campaign.
We are asking our members to send a...

Endorsed by the FBI National Citizens Academy Alumni Association - click here to see the endorsement letter.
Bruce Gillooly from the Center for Personal Protection and Safety was the the Portland Division FBICAAA's Guest Speaker at the July 2019 General Meeting on BEYOND LOCKDOWN - PREVENTING...

To All -
We all remember exactly where we were 17 years ago, on that bright, sunny September morning, when the first plane struck the World Trade Center. We all remember how we felt as that dark day wore on - and as the days and weeks and months passed thereafter.
That day -...

Kendall participated in the 2017 Youth Academy. She is currently a senior at Sabin-SchellenBerg. She is a member of the Skills USA for Law Enforcement, Plays soccer and volunteers for the Speical Olympics. She is excited to start her college jouney and says the FBI Youth Academy was an amazing...

The Birmingham Chapter of the FBI Citizens Academy Alumni Association and the Birmingham and Huntsville Chapters of InfraGard have taken the initiative to be the national point of contact for our associations relief efforts for the victims of Hurricane Harvey. Protecting our critical infrastructure...

Imagine that you are struggling to feed your family and care for your loved ones. A trusted individual, perhaps a family member, authority figure or good friend, promises you a new life in a foreign country – a stable income, freedom to pursue new opportunities and safety for you and your...

*** 2 p.m. *** She came to the airport as a lawyer. She soon became a ringmaster, a one-stop welcome committee, legal representative and menu-planner.
Chanpone Sinlapasai ushered the TV news crews to one side, volunteer greeters to another. She lined bags of donations against a partition...

Human Trafficking became an initiative for the FBI Citizen’s Academy at the 2012 Annual Board Retreat. It was then that many of us were awakened to the seriousness of the Human Trafficking problem here in our community.
Our mission became to increase the awareness of Human Trafficking...

After 22 years with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and three years as FBI Special Agent in Charge (SAC), Greg T. Bretzing is moving toward retirement. Before he hands over the reins to his successor, we took a moment to speak with him about his term as SAC, his interactions with the FBI...