The Federal Law Enforcement Training Accreditation (FLETA) Board ispleased to announce it granted reaccreditation status to the FederalReserve System Basic Law Enforcement Course at the April 7, 2011meeting held in Charleston, South Carolina.
Federal Reserve Law Enforcement Officer Candidates are required toattend the Federal Reserve System Basic Law Enforcement Course (BLEC)prior to designation. The course is designed to address the agency'sspecific mission to protect the premises, grounds, property, personnel,and operations of a Reserve Bank or the Board of Governors. Upondesignation, new officers perform law enforcement functions at one of the Federal Reserve's facilities located throughout the UnitedStates.
Mr. Buck Tanis, Assistant Director, Board of Governors of theFederal Reserve System, accepted the certificate awardingreaccreditation of the BLEC and thanked the Board and the assessmentteam. He noted the Board “relies on the assessment teams’ input andreview of our programs – the assessments add to the credibility of theprograms”.
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 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.