The Federal Law Enforcement Training Accreditation (FLETA) Board ispleased to announce it granted reaccreditation status to the U.S.Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) Postal Inspection Service FacilitatorTraining Program (PISFTP) at the April 7, 2011 meeting held inCharleston, South Carolina.
The Postal Inspection Service Facilitator Training Program (PISFTP)is conducted on the campus of the United States Postal Service, WilliamF. Bolger Center for Leadership Development. It consists of twocourses, the Facilitative Instructor Workshop I (FIW I) and theFacilitative Instructor Workshop II (FIW II). FIW I is the instructorcertification course and focuses on classroom instruction. FIW IIbuilds upon the adult learning principles covered in the FIW I andaddresses the other aspects of the Instructional System Design (lSD)model, such as design and development. In addition, instructors receiveextensive training in the Threat Management disciplines, such asdefensive tactics, officer survival and firearms.
Patrick Corcoran, Inspector in Charge, USPIS, received thecertificate awarding reaccreditation of the PISFTP. Mr. Corcoranthanked the Board and Mary Johnson, the USPIS Accreditation Manager,saying “Accreditation is hard, but reaccreditation is harder”.
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.