The Federal Law Enforcement Training Accreditation (FLETA) Board ispleased to announce it granted accreditation status to the U.S. ArmyCID Special Agent Course and the One Station Unit Training at the April7, 2011 meeting in Charleston, South Carolina.
The U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Division Special Agent Courseis the sole accrediting authority for all Army CID Special Agenttraining. The course resides at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, andtrains U.S. Army Special Agents as well as U.S. Marine Corps CIDSpecial Agents. Regimental Warrant Officer CW5 Dave Albaugh acceptedthe certificate awarding accreditation of the CID Special Agent Course.He thanked the Board and the assessment team, saying “We are honored to receive accreditation. It validates our training and enhances ourprofessionalism.”
The Military Police One Station Unit Training (OSUT), of the U.S.Army Military Police
School, is comprised of both Basic Training and Advanced IndividualTraining. Graduates of the Military Police OSUT become eitherMilitary Police Soldiers or Corrections Specialists. Regimental CSMCharles Kirkland accepted the certificate awarding accreditation of theOne Station Unit Training, thanking the Board and the team at theUSAMPS. He said the critical eye of being assessed bringsprofessionalism to what they do. He also said this is bigger thanjust accreditation – the Army feels this puts better citizens on thestreet even after they get out of the Army.
USAMPS Commandant Brigadier General David Phillips commented thataccreditation of these two Army programs is important and the Army isso sincere about this that they brought in the senior U.S. Army CIDSpecial Agent and the senior enlisted Military Policeman to acceptthese accreditation certificates.
To achieve accreditation, an agency must undergo a voluntarythorough assessment of their academy and/or program to ensurecompliance with the FLETA standards. These professional standardswere developed to increase agency effectiveness and efficiency. The standards address Program Administration, Training Staff, TrainingDevelopment, and Training Delivery, with an additional 20 standardsspecifically for Academies. To maintain accredited status,agencies are required to submit annual reports to the FLETA Board andparticipate in a reaccreditation process every three years.
The FLETA Board is nationally recognized by federal law enforcementagencies, as well as stakeholders in law enforcement training. Itis the Board’s goal to improve the federal law enforcement communitywith each accreditation, and the Board has now awarded 48 programaccreditations and 13 academy accreditations.
If you would like more information regarding the FLETA process,please visit the website at www.FLETA.govor contact FLETA at 912-261-3684.