The Federal Law Enforcement Training Accreditation (FLETA) Board ispleased to announce it granted initial program accreditation status tothe U.S. Marshal Service’s Basic Deputy U.S. Marshal Program at theNovember 17, 2011 meeting in Annapolis Maryland.
The Basic Deputy U.S. Marshal training is a three-phase program thatrequires candidates to consecutively complete and pass: pre-basictraining, the Criminal Investigator Training Program, and a 32-dayBasic Deputy U.S. Marshal (BDUSM) program. The BDUSM is theagency-specific training that focuses on core competencies required forDeputy U.S. Marshals to be successful in the field. The programprepares Deputy U.S. Marshals in the areas of: Use of Force,Enforcement Operations, Arrest Tactics, Criminal & Civil Process,Prisoner Operations, Court Security, and Protective Services.
William Fallon, Assistant Director for Training, accepted thecertificate awarding accreditation, “We’ve been around a long time,since 1789 so this is a big step for us to get our basic classaccredited it only took us 222 years, but we hope that this is thefirst of many steps that we are going to take to get our academyaccredited.” He recognized the hard work and efforts of the Board and the assessment team.
To achieve accreditation, agencies submit to an independent reviewof their academy and/or program to ensure compliance with the FLETAStandards and Procedures in the areas of: Program Administration,Training Staff, Training Development, and Training Delivery, with anadditional 20 standards for Academies. Accreditation is a cyclicalprocess occurring every three years. Each year, agencies must submitannual reports in preparation for reaccreditation, which is a new andindependent review of the academy/program.