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UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION POLICY DIRECTIVE 0575D 1. Policy Directive Title. Community Outreach in Field Offices 2. Publication Date. 2013-03-04 3. Effective Date. 2013-03-04 4. Review Date. 2018-04-10 5. Date of Last Renewal. 4/10/2017 6. Authorities: 6.1. Title 5 United States Code (U.S.C.) Section ($) 552 (Freedom of Information Act) 6.2. 5 U.S.C. s 552a (Privacy Act of 1974) 6.3. Title 28 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) s 50.2 (DOJ Media Relations Regulations) 6.4. 28 U.$.C. s 509 (Functions of the Attorney General) 6.5. 28 C.F.R. s 16.26(b) (Requirement to avoid statements that would prejudice a jury) 7. Purpose: To set forth how the FBI's Community Outreach Program (COP) shall be constructed in field offices to enhance public trust and confidence in the FBI through formal and informal outreach initiatives and. activities. 8. Policy Statement: 8.1. Each field office is required to have a COP consisting of formal and informal outreach initiatives and activities, and must include a strategy for identifying and developing relationships with community leaders and other individuals who have influence in their communities or may be helpful conduits of. information to the community at large. 8.1.1. Forma! COP initiatives include: Citizens Academy, Community Relations Executive Seminar Training (CREst), multicultural or community-specific advisory committees; the Director s Community 8.1.2. Informal COP initiatives include: meetings, briefings, speeches, community forums, partnerships. with community organizations, attendance at community events, mentoring programs, and informationa! programs (ex. Safe Online Surfing). 8.2. Outreach activities must be conducted consistently with field office priorities and resources, without or individual must not disrupt an investigative or intelligence activity. 8.3. The COP is expected to use the FBI's presence on the web and also television, radio, and print media to get information and messages to its audiences. 8.4. Disclosures of information in the course of outreach activities are governed by applicable laws, regulations, and DO] guidelines, policy directive 0509D, Media Relations at FBIHQ and in field offices, or ii UNCLASSIFIED