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Dan — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 23:59:07 +0000

By Special Agent Bobby Bureau
Sept. 20, 2009

Editor’s Note: We are always looking for ways to inform parents of programs that will help them raise their children. Well we found one it is called “Special Agent Bobby Bureau”. We will be joining him to give you tips for kids of all ages. The best way to tell you about this agent is to let him tell you himself.

The Kids’ Page is designed for children and their parents to learn more about the FBI through age-appropriate games, tips, stories and inter actives. We also introduce you to our working dogs and show how FBI special agents and analysts investigate cases. First, can you help Special Agent Bobby Bureau get in disguise for his undercover assignment? He’s depending on you. You have to visit the sight to sign up as a special agent.

Today’s we talk “Safety Tips – Internet” We would like to know what you think? dan@youngchronicle.com

There are some very important things that you need to keep in mind when you’re on your computer at home or at school.

First, remember never to give out personal information such as your name, home address, school name, or telephone number in a chat room or on bulletin boards. Also, never send a picture of yourself to someone you chat with on the computer without your parent’s permission.
Never write to someone who has made you feel uncomfortable or scared.
Do not meet someone or have them visit you without the permission of your parents.
Tell your parents right away if you read anything on the Internet that makes you feel uncomfortable.
Remember that people online may not be who they say they are. Someone who says that “she” is a “12-year-old girl” could really be an older man.

To read more about new privacy rules, visit the Federal Trade Commission’s Web site at http://www.fbi.gov/cgi-bin/outside.cgi?http://www.ftc.gov/.

There is a special section just for kids

Editor’s Note: Next Week: Child Abduction

Source: FBI Kids

What is a Working Dog?

Dan — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 05:35:28 +0000

By Special Agent Bobby Bureau
August 23, 2009

Today’s we talk “What is a Working Dog?” We would like to know what you think? dan@youngchronicle.com

We strongly recommend that you visit this sight with your child. This sight We rate a 10

You ask, “What is a working dog?” “Is it a dog that does more than hang out at the house all day and bark at the mailman?” “Is it a dog that gets in the car like Mom and Dad and goes to the office?” Well, sort of ….

Working dogs are amazing animals specially trained to protect people and to make life easier for them. Some working dogs act as eyes for blind people, ears for the hearing impaired, and helpers for the physically challenged. They also protect sheep from wolves, and they can help a police officer catch criminals. These special dogs can find victims of disasters under lots of rubble, and they can find people lost in the woods. They are awesome.

The FBI has some very special working dogs. Power is the newest addition to the group of Working Dogs at FBI Headquarters. His job as a Chemical Explosives Dog is to sniff out bombs, explosion debris, firearms, and ammunition. Other FBI Working Dogs find drugs, money, and people. Just how do they do it?

Dogs instinctively know how to find things. A Handler, the dog’s human partner, teaches the dog what to search for. A dog can use all of his/her senses, like hearing, seeing, and smelling to find a specific person or thing. To do this, though, requires a lot of training. They are always practicing, but the dogs love it because it is what they were born to do.

At the FBI, the Handler is usually a FBI Special Agent or an FBI Police Officer. The Agent or Police Officer and his or her dog work together as a team. The Handler teaches the dog to find very specific things in all kinds of weird places like in a tree, in the woods or a field, in a suitcase, in a car, on a street, in a closet, under rubble, or in the water or under snow. What do you think that the FBI’s Chemical Explosives Dogs do? They are trained to “sniff out” different explosive chemicals. During their extensive training, explosives scents are imprinted into the dog’s memory and the dogs are trained on every type of explosive. This means that they can detect approximately 19,000 different combinations of explosives.

Name: Kurt
Date of Birth: May 17, 2004
Breed: Golden Retriever/Black Labrador Retriever
Stationed: Washington, DC

Name: Atwood
Date of Birth: June 16, 1998
Breed: Labrador Retriever
Stationed: Washington, DC

Name: Power
Date of Birth: December 2, 2002
Breed: Labrador Retriever
Stationed: Washington, DC

Name: Bismarck
Date of Birth: January 7, 2002
Breed: German Shepherd
Stationed: Philadelphia, PA

Name: Disco
Date of Birth: 2001
Breed: Labrador Retriever
Stationed: Los Angeles, CA

Next Week: We will talk about Narcotics Detection Dogs

Source: FBI Kids

What We Do At The FBI

Dan — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 03:36:53 +0000

By Special Agent Bobby Bureau
August 5, 2009

Today’s we talk “Polygraph”

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Another tool that helps law enforcement solve cases is a polygraph. This instrument is used to measure how a person’s body reacts to questions. It is based on the theory that a person’s body will indicate if he or she is telling the truth. Researchers John Larson and Leonard Keeler developed this machine which is also known as a “lie detector.”

There are three steps to the polygraph test. First, the examiner explains what will happen during the test.

Next, the examiner asks a series of questions. The questions can only be answered with “yes” or “no.” Some of the questions are very simple, such as, “Are you 11 years old?” Some are more difficult, such as, “Have you ever lied to someone who trusted you?” The examiner measures the blood pressure, pulse, perspiration, and respiration of the person being examined. Once the questions are finished, the examiner analyzes the results to determine if the person being tested was being truthful.

If the examiner decides that the person being examined was telling the truth, that person will be thanked for taking the test and will be allowed to leave. If, however, the examiner decides that the person being tested is lying, the third part of the test will begin.

The third and final part of the polygraph is called the interrogation. At this time, the examiner tries to persuade the person being examined to tell the truth. The examiner speaks in a professional and understanding way, trying to make the person being tested comfortable with telling the truth. After all, that is the purpose of the polygraph

Thanks for explaining all of that to us, Jose. Let’s review what we have learned by printing and completing the crossword puzzle.

Across

1.Special Agents carry ___________ to identify themselves to people
when they work.
3.Congress makes laws in the U.S. ___________ .
5.There are ___________ different fingerprint patterns used to identify people.
7.Each of us is made up of millions of ____________ .
9.___________ twins are the only people who share DNA coding.
10. The first group of SAs was known as the Special Agent
_________ _________.

Down

2.A ___________ is like a very important rule.
4.The FBI is now putting fingerprint cards in ___________ format.
6.The particles within cells are called ____________ .
8.This is another name for a polygraph.

Click here for the answers

Source: FBI Kids

What is DNA?

Dan — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 20:51:13 +0000

By Special Agent Bobby Bureau
July 24, 2009

Today’s we talk “DNA”

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There are other ways of telling people apart besides fingerprints. Did you know that each of us is made up of millions of cells and inside those cells are particles called DNA? It is everywhere in our bodies, including in our hair, blood, saliva, skin, and bones. These particles make up a code that is used to tell people apart. Identical twins share DNA coding, but they are the only people who do. This makes DNA an excellent way of telling people apart. It has become a very important tool in solving crimes when no fingerprints can be found.

Next Week: We will talk about: Polygraph

Source: FBI Kids

FBI – What We Do

Dan — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 15:54:41 +0000

By Special Agent Bobby Bureau
July14, 2009

Today’s we talk “What We Do.”

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We strongly recommend that you visit this sight with your child. This sight we rate a 10.

I am a lawyer for the FBI and I work for the legal department. A law is like a very important rule. When someone breaks a law, we call it a crime. When Congress makes a law, they decide which government agency will investigate when the law is broken.

Many years ago, the FBI investigated crimes like bank robbery, kidnapping, and the theft of cars that are taken from one state to another. Today, there are over 350 violations of the law that the FBI investigates. We can’t list them all here because there are so many, but we break them down into a few categories. The FBI investigates violent crime, organized crime, white collar crime, terrorism, foreign counterintelligence, civil rights, and applicant matters.

The FBI has many ways of solving these crimes and finding the criminals. One of them is through fingerprint identification.

Fingerprints are a great way to tell people apart because everyone’s fingerprints are unique. This means that no two people in the world have the same fingerprints! Other ways of identifying people (hair color, height, weight, and eye color) may change as a person gets older, but fingerprints stay the same.

There are over 250 million sets of fingerprint records on file. If all of the fingerprint cards on file were stacked on top of one another, they would equal one hundred and thirty three stacks, each the size of the Empire State Building! Finding space to keep all of these fingerprint cards is difficult! This is one of the reasons that the FBI is now putting the cards in digital format so that the images can be stored on computers. All fingerprint cards at the FBI are eight-inch squares (a little smaller than a piece of notebook paper) and are thinner than a piece of cardboard. The FBI gets over 37,000 of these fingerprint cards each day, seven days a week! Thirty-two percent of these cards now come to the FBI as digital images. Here’s an example of a FBI applicant fingerprint card. You can click on the picture at FBI Kids sight and print it out.

Not all fingerprint files are of criminals. Some records are civil prints. Civil prints are taken of people who work for the government or apply for a job with the government.

Have you ever had your fingerprints taken? It’s a great idea to do this, because if you ever wander off or get lost, your parents will have a record of your fingerprints to give to the police. The faster your parents can get this information to the police, the sooner you will be recognized and safely returned to your family.
Remember – fingerprints are unique. Not even identical twins have the same fingerprints. Take a minute to look at your own fingertip and notice all the ridges and swirls. Now, look at your parents’ fingertips. Can you tell the difference? Take a minute to look at the seven different fingerprint patterns that are used to identify people. Go to FBI Kids and you can compare your own fingerprints to these patterns and see which one looks most like your own!

Next Week, we will talk about: DNA

Source: FBI Kids

History of the FBI Pt. 1

Dan — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 19:08:04 +0000

By Special Agent Bobby Bureau
July10, 2009

Today’s we talk “About the FBI.”

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We strongly recommend that you visit this sight with your child. This sight we rate a 10.

So, you’ve been thinking about working for the FBI? When I was a small pup, I wanted to work for the FBI, too. I want you to meet some of the people who work with me. They will be with us during some parts of the field trip.

We were not always called the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). When we began in 1908, we were known as the Bureau of Investigation. On July 26 of that year, the Attorney General appointed ten Special Agents to the Bureau of Investigation, and called them the Special Agent Task Force.

In 1933, our name changed to the Division of Investigation and, finally, in 1935, we became what we are today — the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Through each of these name changes, we also changed badges.

We also carry a special wallet that has our picture on it. We use this wallet to identify ourselves to people when we are working. We call it a credential. Here are two different credentials. Just click on the pictures to print them out and then make your own special identification wallet. Don’t forget to put you picture on it.

What we investigate has also changed over the years. Back in 1908, there were different crimes than what we have today. Also, there were far fewer types of crimes than we have today. A good example of this is car theft. In 1908, almost no one had a car, but as more people bought cars, the number of car thefts increased.

Wow! I didn’t know that the FBI had changed so much since it first started! Thanks for explaining that, Maureen. Next, we are going to learn about what the FBI does. Here’s Jose to tell you about this.

Next week: We talk about the “What We Do”

Source: FBI

Tip of Week: Gun safety

Dan — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:09:08 +0000

By Special Agent Bobby Bureau
June 30, 2009

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Did you know that some people have to carry guns when they work? Special Agents must carry a gun when they are on duty. Security guards do, too. Who else can you think of who has to carry a gun to work?

Some people have guns for sport shooting, while others collect old guns as a hobby.

No matter why people have guns or why they carry them to work, each one of them must have special training to know how to handle them safely. Some people go to classes to learn gun safety; some learn it from their parents. I want to teach you what to do if you see a gun.

What should you do when you see a gun?

DO NOT PICK UP THE GUN.
DO NOT EVEN TOUCH THE GUN.

Remember, you must have special training to know that the gun is safe and empty.

If something like this happens to you — tell an adult right away. Tell your mom, dad, teacher, or neighbor. Guns should be locked up after they have been used.

GUNS ARE DANGEROUS. THEY ARE NOT MEANT TO BE TOUCHED BY SOMEONE WITHOUT PROPER TRAINING.

Source FBI

Tip of Week – Child Abduction

Dan — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 23:04:35 +0000

By Special Agent Bobby Bureau
June 23, 2009

Have you ever found yourself separated from your mom or dad? It’s scary, isn’t it? Then you know how your parents feel when they can’t find you! You might not think that it’s a big deal to wander off while you’re in the store with your mom or dad, but think how scared they will be when they can’t find you. Most of the time, you wander back and everything is okay. There are some times when kids are abducted. This means that they are taken against their will. Abduction involves people doing bad things to you or asking you to do things to them that make you feel uncomfortable.

Here’s the hard part: Could you spot an abductor on the street? Could you tell which person in a crowd is a kidnapper? Unfortunately, kidnappers don’t always look or act differently. They may try to give you candy or presents and offer to be your friend. Just remember that they could harm you.

The good news is that most kids or young adults who are abducted are returned home safely. If one of your friends was ever taken, know that they have a team of the toughest, most intelligent and resourceful law enforcement personnel trying to find them: the police. The FBI helps the local and state police investigate the kidnapping.

Remember that child abduction is very rare. However, it is important to use your good sense in all situations.

Here are some good rules to follow to protect yourself.

1. Share a secret code word.

You and your parents should agree on a code word that is easy for you to remember. This way, if anyone tells you that you need to come with them because your parents were hurt or are in the hospital, you can ask them for the code word. If they really are a friend, they will know the code word that you and your parents share. If they do not know the code word, you should run away from them as fast as possible.

2. Stay away from strangers.

Who is a stranger? If you’ve seen someone hanging around your playground at school or in your neighborhood, this does not mean that you know him or her. Although he has a familiar face, he is still a stranger to you!

3. Grownups should NOT ask kids to do things that other adults can
do for them.

This means that you should not go, or get in a car, with an adult who, for example, asks you for directions. Grownups should not ask you to help them find a lost puppy or kitten, either. If someone does ask for your help, say, “Wait here and I’ll check with my mom.” Then go get your mom.

4. If you lose your parents in a public place like a store or a park
do not go looking for them.

Immediately ask someone who works there to help you find them. Tell them you have been separated from your parents and you need help finding them.

5. Always ask your parents or a grownup in charge before:

going anywhere with anybody;
leaving the yard, play area, or going into someone’s home;
getting a ride home with someone other than your bus driver or your usual ride; and/or
getting into a car or going somewhere with somebody even if it’s someone you know!!

6. Once you have permission from your parents:

Tell them where you are going
Tell them how you will get there
Tell them who will be going with you
Tell them when you will be back
And get back on time or call to let them know when you will be back!

7. If someone follows you on foot or in a car, STAY AWAY.

You do NOT need to go near the car to talk to the people inside.

Editor’s Note: We would like to know what you think? dan@youngchronicle.com

Source: FBI

Meet Special Agent Bobby Bureau

Dan — Tue, 19 May 2009 22:54:00 +0000

By Special Agent Bobby Bureau
May 19, 2009

There are some very important things that you need to keep in mind when you’re on your computer at home or at school.

First, remember never to give out personal information such as your name, home address, school name, or telephone number in a chat room or on bulletin boards. Also, never send a picture of yourself to someone you chat with on the computer without your parent’s permission.
Never write to someone who has made you feel uncomfortable or scared.
Do not meet someone or have them visit you without the permission of your parents.
Tell your parents right away if you read anything on the Internet that makes you feel uncomfortable.
Remember that people online may not be who they say they are. Someone who says that “she” is a “12-year-old girl” could really be an older man.

To read more about new privacy rules, visit the Federal Trade Commission’s Web site at FBI . There is a special section just for kids.

Introducing Special Agent of the FBI

Dan — Tue, 12 May 2009 00:15:28 +0000

By Special Agent Bobby Bureau
May 11, 2009

Source: FBI