The Federal Law Enforcement Training Accreditation (FLETA) Board ispleased to announce it granted reaccreditation status to the FederalLaw Enforcement Training Center’s (FLETC) Land Management PoliceTraining Program (LMPT) at the July 14, 2011 meeting held in PonteVedra Beach, Florida. The LMPT Program is the basic training programfor officers primarily charged with enforcing natural resource laws,regulations, and violations with a nexus to the public lands of theUnited States and its territories.
FLETC Assistant Director Dominick Braccio accepted the certificateawarding reaccreditation and, on behalf of Director Connie Patrick,thanked the Board. Mr. Braccio said the quality of the training isattributed to the “gold standard of accreditation” and also is due tothe many detailed instructors from the 88 Partner Organizations atFLETC.
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.
Once an academy or program is accredited, they must undergoreaccreditation every three years using the current standards andprocess. Reaccreditation takes a fresh look at all information todetermine if the evidence supports the agency’s continued compliancewith FLETA Standards. To maintain accredited status, agenciesalso are required to submit annual reports to the FLETA Board. The FLETC is a leader in accreditation with 12 programs accredited, allof which have now been reaccredited, as well as FLETC itself beingaccredited and reaccredited as a law enforcement training academy.
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 51 programaccreditations and 14 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.