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THE FBI

NATIONAL

ACADEMY

ASSOCIATION’S

GLOBAL

NETWORK

For over eighty years, the FBI National Academy has been training law enforcement officers

to elevate the levels of expertise and build bonds of friendship and networking. In the begin-

ning, most of the classes contained students primarily from the United States. By the late 30s,

a few students from China, Canada and Great Britain were part of the program. The number

of international students began to rise in the early 60s, when President Kennedy signed

National Security Action Memorandum No. 177 to enhance the training of overseas officers

in the United States. As a result, the FBI began accepting international law enforcement

executives in each National Academy session. Today, each session has about 25 international

students accounting for ten percent of the class.

housands of international law enforcement leaders from over

170 countries have graduated from the National Academy Pro-

gram. As global crime and terror risk continue to rise, the stronger

the need for higher levels of international cooperation, collaboration

and law enforcement expertise. The FBI continues to put a priority on

offering and coordinating international training opportunities for its

partners around the world.

The FBINAA International Chapters

The FBI National Academy Associates is the strongest law enforcement

leadership network in the world with over 16,000 members around the

globe. Members are part of 48 Chapters – 44 U.S. and 4 International

Chapters. It is through the networking and training at National and

Chapter events where the network is forged and enhanced. This past

year each of the four International Chapters held their training events.

Each event included a full agenda of high level training and social net-

working.

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