FLETA Board Grants Reaccreditation to the USCG MLEA Basic Boarding Officer Course
The Federal Law Enforcement Training Accreditation (FLETA) Board is pleased to announce it has granted reaccreditation status to the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Maritime Law Enforcement Academy (MLEA) Basic Boarding Officer Course (BBOC) at the November 1-3, 2016, meeting in Glynco, GA.
The BBOC is a 24-day program that trains 24 students per iteration. The goal of the BBOC is to provide Coast Guard members with the skills and knowledge necessary to become qualified boarding officers, after which they become be certified to lead boarding teams in the enforcement of U.S. laws and regulations in a safe and professional manner.
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.