Louis Quijas, the recently appointed head of the FBI's new Office of Law Enforcement Coordination, and Special Agent in Charge Debbie Pearce -- who oversees Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota -- were scheduled to talk with the NLC's board on Friday afternoon.
Don Borut, the NLC's executive director, has been in contact with Quijas' office since Karen Anderson, president of the NLC, sent a letter to FBI Director Robert Mueller in late June requesting a meeting to discuss strategies for working together more effectively on public safety and law enforcement issues in light of the new emphasis on counter terrorism.
Anderson told Mueller that city officials expect the FBI to continue to carry out its traditional law enforcement responsibilities in partnership with local governments despite the new emphasis on preventing terrorism.