The Federal Law Enforcement Training Accreditation (FLETA) Board is pleased to announce it granted reaccreditation status to the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) Protective Service Operations Training Program and the Special Agent Basic Training Program at the May 6-8, 2014 meeting in Quantico, VA.
The NCIS Protective Service Operations Training Program (PSOTP) is designed to train members of an organized protective detail to safeguard a protectee from physical harm, situations that may endanger their person or liberty, and to defend them from harassment or embarrassment. The program provides participants with comprehensive training on topics such as firearms, route surveys, surveillance detection and countermeasures, driving techniques, motorcade and walking formation techniques, and site advances. PSOTP graduates lead and participate in protective service operations and details to support visiting foreign dignitaries and upper level Department of Defense principals.
The cornerstone for NCIS agency training is the Special Agent Basic Training Program (SABTP). The SABTP is designed to train newly hired NCIS Special Agents. Graduates of the SABTP provide investigative and operational support to the Navy and Marine Corps across the globe and aboard ship, carrying out their responsibilities under the authority of the Secretary of the Navy. SABTP is delivered at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, Brunswick, Georgia, and is 46 training days in length. Through lecture, laboratories, and a practical exercise, trainees build upon the basic criminal investigator knowledge, skills and abilities gained in the Criminal Investigator Training Program, while learning new skills in accordance with NCIS standards.
The FLETA Board is the accrediting body for all federal law enforcement training and support programs. To achieve accreditation, agencies submit to an independent review of their academy and/or program to ensure compliance with the FLETA Standards and Procedures in the areas of: Program Administration, Training Staff, Training Development, and Training Delivery, with an additional 20 standards for Academies. Accreditation is a cyclical process occurring every five years. Each year, agencies must submit annual reports in preparation for reaccreditation, which is a new and independent review of the academy/program.