The Federal Law Enforcement Training Accreditation (FLETA) Board ispleased to announce it granted reaccreditation status to the U.S.Postal Inspection Service’s Basic Inspector Training program and PostalPolice Officer Basic Training program at the March 22, 2012 meeting inHilton Head, South Carolina. Jennifer McDaniel, Assistant Inspectorin Charge, USPIS Career Development Unit accepted the certificatesof accreditation and recognized Patrick Corcoran, Inspector in Chargefor Operational Support, U.S. Postal Inspection Service for hisdedication to accrediting the Service’s academy and programs.
The mission of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service is to support andprotect the U.S. Postal Service and its employees, infrastructure, andcustomers; enforce the laws that defend the nation's mail system fromillegal or dangerous use; and ensure public trust in the mail. TheBasic Inspector Training program is a 12-week residential program.Basic Inspector Training prepares Postal Inspectors to enforce morethan 200 federal laws covering investigations of crimes that adverselyaffect or fraudulently use the U.S. Mail and postal system. To assistin carrying out its responsibilities, the Postal Inspection Servicemaintains a Security Force staffed by approximately 650 uniformedPostal Police Officers who are assigned to critical postal facilitiesthroughout the country. The Postal Police Officer Training Program isan eight week residential program.
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.