The Federal Law Enforcement Training Accreditation (FLETA) Board ispleased to announce it granted initial program accreditation status tothe U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Field OperationsTraining Program at the November 17, 2011 meeting in AnnapolisMaryland.
The ICE Academy offers basic, advanced, and specialized programs forICE personnel, as well as providing training for other federalagencies, state and local partners, and foreign governments assistingin the DHS mission. The ICE D Field Operations Training Program (DFOTP)provides ICE Deportation Officers and Immigration and EnforcementAgents with a basic overview of the skills needed to enforce anadministrative warrant, from the initiation of a case in itsoperational planning and preparation, through the actual operation and the constitutional and policy concerns frequently encountered, to theculmination of a case. In addition, emphasis is placed on using theseskills in a tactically and legally sound manner that allows the officerto perform in a safe and effective manner consistent with law andpolicy.
Robert Helwig, Assistant Director for Removal, ICE Enforcement andRemoval, accepted the certificate awarding accreditation. Mr. Helwigsaid that Immigration and Customs Enforcement strongly supportsaccreditation. He thanked the accreditation team, saying this is ICE’sfirst accreditation and they hope to have many more.
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.