FLETA Board Grants Accreditation to Two ATF Programs
The Federal Law Enforcement Training Accreditation (FLETA) Board is pleased to announce it granted accreditation status to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), National Canine Division, Explosives Detection Canine (EDC) Program and the Search Enhanced Evidence K-9 (SEEK) Program at the April 15, 2021 meeting.
The purpose of the EDC program is to protect our communities against acts of violent crime involving explosives, firearms, terrorism, and firearms trafficking. It built upon and incorporated ATF’s expertise in the field of explosives as well as the enforcement of Federal explosives and firearms law. The EDC program is 70 instructional days and consists of 400 hours of instruction. The average number of students per iteration of the program is eight.
The purpose of the SEEK program is an off-lead or remote explosives detection canine team to protect our communities against acts of violent crime involving explosives, firearms, terrorism, and firearms trafficking. It built upon and incorporated ATF’s expertise in the field of explosives as well as the enforcement of Federal explosives and firearms laws. The SEEK program is 89 instructional days and consists of 480 hours of instruction. The average number of students per iteration of the program is four.
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 Academy/Program Administration, Training Staff, Training Development, and Training Delivery. 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.