The Federal Law Enforcement Training Accreditation (FLETA) Board ispleased to announce it granted reaccreditation status to the U.S. AirForce Special Investigations Academy (USAFSIA) and the Air Force Officeof Special Investigations Basic Special Investigators Course (BSIC) atthe April 25, 2013 meeting in Brunswick, Georgia.
The USAFSIA provides in-residence and mobile training, blended anddistance learning capabilities, and professional development to produceand enhance specialized investigative and counter-threat capabilitiesfor the United States Air Force. The USAFSIA provides basic andadvanced instruction in criminal and fraud investigations,counterintelligence, protective services, polygraph, technicalinvestigative services, operational development, and counter-threatoperations in support of the AFOSI in-garrison and war fightingmission. The USAFSIA trains more than 1,000 students annually insupport of a world-wide force of more than 2,000 Air Force Office ofSpecial Investigations special agents, as well as providing liaison andinteragency training in support of Department of Defense andcounterpart federal agencies and allied nation partners.
The BSIC is an entry-level course designed to provide training inbasic investigative skills and techniques. Students receiveclassroom instruction in such topics as the AFOSI mission,jurisdiction, policy, civil and military law, theory and application ofinvestigative techniques, report writing, interview techniques,evidence collection and preservation, technical equipment andscientific aids used in investigations, counterintelligence, and use offirearms. In addition to classroom instruction, studentsparticipate in extensive practical exercises that further enhance theirknowledge and skills.
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.