The Federal Law Enforcement Training Accreditation (FLETA) Board ispleased to announce it granted initial accreditation status to the U.S.Coast Guard’s Boarding Officer Practical Course (BOPC) at the April 25,2013 meeting in Brunswick, Georgia.
The U.S. Coast Guard’s Maritime Law Enforcement Academy inCharleston, South Carolina developed the BOPC to prepare BoardingOfficers for the arduous duties associated with enforcing laws andtreaties at sea. Graduates of the BOPC possess the skills and knowledgenecessary to lead a Coast Guard boarding team in the enforcement ofU.S. laws and regulation in a safe and professional manner. During thetwo-week course, students receive training in defensive tactics and areevaluated using a variety of realistic scenarios.
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 in the areas of: Program Administration, Training Staff, TrainingDevelopment, and Training Delivery, with an additional 20 standards forAcademies. Accreditation is a cyclical process occurring every threeyears. Each year, agencies must submit annual reports in preparationfor reaccreditation, which is a new and independent review of theacademy/program.