FLETA Board Grants Reaccreditation to the ATF IOIBT
The Federal Law Enforcement Training Accreditation (FLETA) Board is pleased to announce it granted reaccreditation status to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Industry Operations Investigator Basic Training (IOIBT) at the November 7, 2024, meeting.
The purpose of the IOIBT is to conduct on-boarding and basic training for ATF Industry Operations Investigators (IOIs). ATF IOIs are the regulatory enforcement arm of ATF. IOIs regulate the commercial manufacture, import, distribution, and receipt of firearms and explosives in the United States. This includes ensuring the suitability of persons entering, as well as persons currently operating in the firearms and explosives industries. IOIs also provide support for ATF Special Agent criminal enforcement operations through intelligence and evidentiary gathering during industry compliance inspections and criminal search warrants. IOIBT is 50 instructional days in length and consists of 400 training 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.