FLETA Board Grants Reaccreditation For Two U.S. Air Force Security Forces Programs
The Federal Law Enforcement Training Accreditation (FLETA) Board is pleased to announce it granted reaccreditation status to the U.S. Air Force Security Forces Officer Course (SFOC) and Security Forces Apprentice Course at the November 3, 2016 meeting in Glynco, GA.
The Security Forces Officer Course conducts 89 days of training at Joint Base Lackland, Training Annex, and Camp Bullis. The purpose of the program is provide training to prepare Security Forces (SF) Officers for duties in: Leadership, the Career Field, Organization, Legal aspects of the Profession, Operations, Duties and Responsibility, Application of Force, Law Enforcement, Security, Weapons, Anti-terrorism, Air Base Defense, Integrated Base Defense, Military Operations other than war, Land Navigation, Indirect Fire, Tactical Skills, and Command, Control, and Communications.
The Security Forces Apprentice Course is designed to train non-prior service and prior service students to perform law enforcement and other duties as Security Forces enlisted members. The Apprentice Course conducts 65 days of training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, the Lackland Training Annex, and Camp Bullis. The course graduates approximately 4,000 to 5,000 students per year.
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, Training Delivery, and Distance Learning. 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.