FLETA Board Grants Accreditation to the FBI ERTU
The Federal Law Enforcement Training Accreditation (FLETA) Board is pleased to announce it granted initial accreditation status to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Evidence Response Team Unit (ERTU) Basic Crime Scene Administration & Management Course at the November 7, 2024, meeting.
The purpose of the Evidence Response Team Crime Scene Administration and Management Course is to provide new FBI Evidence Response Program members a standardized foundation of knowledge and skills for evidence recognition, collection, and preservation in support of FBI priority investigations. Standardized training directly supports forensic Evidence Response Team capabilities and is the lifeline to the standardization of evidence collection within the FBI. The Evidence Response Team Basic Crime Scene Administration and Management Course is 16 instructional days and consists of 80 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.