ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Ever wanted to see the inner workings of the FBI and what roles agents serve in the community? That is what the FBI Citizens Academy does.

It is a six-to-eight-week course that takes you behind the scenes of what the FBI does. You get to see what it’s like to be an agent, an intel personnel and other jobs and aspects of the FBI.

They hope citizens can gain a sense of what agents do in New Mexico and get to meet them. Students will get to know them and why they chose their roles in New Mexico communities.

The FBI Citizens Academy is February 19-April 23, 2025 in Albuquerque. Applications are open now through December 20 and you can click here to apply.

The FBI’s Veronica Flores and Debbie Johnson, a member of the Citizens Academy Alumni Association, joined us to talk about the FBI Citizens academy.