The Federal Law Enforcement Training Accreditation (FLETA) Board is pleased to announce it granted reaccreditation status to the U.S. Coast Guard’s Maritime Law Enforcement Academy and the Radiation Detection Level II Operators Course at the May 6-8, 2014 meeting in Quantico, VA.
The United States Coast Guard’s Maritime Law Enforcement Academy (MLEA) is located on the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) campus in Charleston, SC. The MLEA was established in 2004 as the Coast Guard combined existing law enforcement training from facilities in Yorktown, VA, and Petaluma, CA, into the single Charleston location to meet the increased demands of a post 9/11 environment. The move to the FLETC-Charleston has provided an optimal training environment, including access to the 490-foot break bulk carrier “Cape Chalmers.” These unique training aids greatly enhance the realism of training and are consistent with the Coast Guard’s maritime focus.
The Radiation Detection Level II Operators Course is a competency-based training program that prepares Coast Guard personnel to conduct radiation detection operations onboard vessels and ashore to detect and intercept illicit radioactive materials before they enter the United States. The program is designed to provide a review of concepts and theories learned during Level I Radiation Hazard training, applicable concepts in science and safety, stressing “hands-on” practical experience in shipboard and shore-side facility Level II Radiation Hazard Detection.
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.