Time to apply for U.S. Attorney's citizen academy
By The Emporia Gazette (Contact)
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Applications are being accepted for the U.S. Attorney’s Citizens Academy in Topeka, a six-week introduction to the federal criminal justice system in Kansas.
“If you’ve never been in a federal courtroom or never talked to an FBI agent, this class is designed for you,” said U.S. Attorney Eric Melgren. “This isn’t the movies. This class is about how federal investigators and prosecutors really do their jobs.”
Washburn University and the Washburn University School of Law are partnering with Melgren’s office to present the Citizens Academy. The academy will meet from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. on six consecutive Tuesdays (Oct. 7, 14, 21, and 28 and Nov. 4 and 11) on the campus of the Washburn University School of Law in Topeka.
About two dozen people will be selected for the class. No background in law enforcement is required. Applicants will be considered in terms of their interest in federal law enforcement and their experience in community leadership activities.
Applications may be downloaded at http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/ks/. The deadline for returning applications is Sept. 8.
There is no charge for the academy, but participants must commit to being available at the designated times and attending all classes.
Classes will be taught by representatives from the U.S. Attorney’s office, Washburn University School of Law, the FBI, the DEA, ATF, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Health and Human Services, the Postal Inspection Service, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, the Internal Revenue Service, the Kansas Attorney General’s office, the U.S. Marshal Service, the Federal Public Defender’s office and the U.S. District Court.
Topics to be covered will include the following:
F The differences between federal and state courts.
F Terrorism: Gathering intelligence and building cases.
F Drug trafficking: Wiretaps and other tools.
F Gangs and armed criminals: Using federal gun laws to take career offenders off the street.
F White collar crime and health care fraud: Fighting crime in the boardroom.
F Immigration offenses: Protecting national security and preventing identity theft
F Crimes against children: Turning the tables on Internet sex predators.
F Fair trial: The roles of judges and federal defenders.
For more information, contact Jim Cross, public information officer, at (620) 269-6481 or james.cross2@usdoj.gov.
msfreeh (anonymous) says...
for a partial list of crimes committed by FBI agents over 300 pages long see
campusactivism.org
click on home
click on forum
scroll down to FBI WATCH
August 21, 2008 at 5:22 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
jayhawker (anonymous) says...
msfreeh: Just because you disagree with the law does not make a criminal of the person duly enforcing it. Even the Democratic Congress passed a good number of those laws about which you complain. Thankfully, people with your view of the world were not in charge during the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Civil War, World War I or World War II.
The telephone number published in the article contains an incorrect area code. The correct area code is 316.
August 21, 2008 at 5:31 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
jayhawker (anonymous) says...
msfreeh: I hope that you don't accept that website as reliable. I don't think that the FBI assassinated Martin Luther King, Jr. or conspired with Osama Bin Laden to carry out the 9/11 attacks. You need to watch out for those left wing blogs.
August 21, 2008 at 6:11 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )