The Federal Law Enforcement Training Accreditation (FLETA) Board ispleased to announce it granted initial accreditation status to the U.S.Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agriculture Detector Dog HandlerTraining for Airport Passenger Clearance and Border Cargo at theOctober 31, 2013 meeting in Brunswick, Georgia.
The USDA National Detector Dog Training Center (NDDTC) designs,develops, and delivers agriculture canine scent detection training forfederal, state, local, and foreign entities. The Agriculture DetectorDog Handler Training programs for Airport Passenger Clearance andBorder Cargo are basic training programs that prepare students toperform critical agriculture protection missions in either passenger orborder/cargo environments. In both programs, students are instructed in the fundamentals of canine health care, canine behavior, and caninetraining in a traditional classroom environment. Students acquire basiccanine handling skills and develop inspectional techniques throughincreasingly difficult practical exercises. Instructors evaluate anddocument the students’ progress weekly and provide feedback to thestudents on their progress.
The Agriculture Detector Dog Handler Training Airport PassengerClearance program is structured to accommodate various pathways andagriculture quarantine inspection operations. Graduates work in airportenvironments with large numbers of people The Agriculture Detector DogHandler Training Border Cargo program is structured to accommodatevarious pathways and agriculture quarantine inspection operationsincluding cargo inspections, parcel inspections, and conveyanceinspections.
The NDDTC supports the USDA mission to protect America’s animal andplant resources from agricultural pests and diseases. The NDDTC is partof the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Plant Protection andQuarantine, Professional Development Center.
The FLETA Board is the accrediting body for all federal lawenforcement training and support programs. To achieve accreditation,agencies submit to an independent review of their academy and/orprogram to ensure compliance with the FLETA Standards and Procedures inthe areas of: Program Administration, Training Staff, TrainingDevelopment, and Training Delivery, with an additional 20 standards forAcademies. Accreditation is a cyclical process occurring every fiveyears. Each year, agencies must submit annual reports in preparationfor reaccreditation, which is a new and independent review of theacademy/program.