FLETA Board Grants Accreditation to the DS FASTC
The Federal Law Enforcement Training Accreditation (FLETA) Board is pleased to announce it granted initial accreditation status to the Department of State, Bureau of Diplomatic Security, Foreign Affairs Security Training Center Basic Special Agent Course at the November 7, 2024, meeting.
The purpose of the Basic Special Agent Course program is to provide an orientation and training to newly appointed Diplomatic Security Special Agent candidates and prepares them for domestic duty with the Department of State. It represents the baseline training for special agents and is designed to produce a Special Agent who can perform at the basic level upon graduation from the Academy. The Basic Special Agent Course is 63 instructional days and consists of 500 hours of instruction. The average number of students per iteration of the program is 24.
The FLETA Board is the accrediting body for all federal law enforcement training and support programs. To achieve accreditation, training organizations submit to an independent review of their program and/or academy to ensure compliance with the FLETA Standards and Procedures in the areas of Administration, Training Staff, Training Development, and Training Delivery. Accreditation is a cyclical process occurring every five years. Each year, training organizations must submit annual reports in preparation for reaccreditation, which is a new and independent review of the program/academy.