FLETA Board Grants Reaccreditation to DEA TR, IDC, and BATP
The Federal Law Enforcement Training Accreditation (FLETA) Board is pleased to announce it granted reaccreditation status to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Office of Training (TR) Academy, the Instructor Development Course (IDC) and the Basic Agent Training Program (BATP) at the November 7, 2024, meeting.
The purpose of TR is to train students to perform duties as an Intelligence Research Specialist. The primary functions of an Intelligence Research Specialist are to collect, collate, evaluate, analyze, and disseminate all available information on a particular operation, investigation, organization, drug–related issues, program, or project in support of DEA’s mission. The training is classroom lecture based. The program is a 10-week training program. The average number of students per iteration of the program is 30.
The purpose of the IDC is to provide newly assigned instructors with the tools to develop and deliver training. It covers the basic skills and techniques necessary to effectively develop and provide the instruction and training required as an instructor. The course agenda includes topics on Adult Learning, Speech Anxiety, Instructional Learning Systems Design, Lesson Plan Development, Platform Skills, PowerPoint Development, and Learning Styles. Instruction is lecture-based on-site classroom training. The IDC is 6 instructional days. The average number of students per iteration of the program is 20.
The BATP is designed to prepare a Basic Agent Trainee to be an entry level Special Agent upon graduation. To graduate from the DEA Training Academy, a Basic Agent Trainee must receive a passing score in nine performance-based disciplines, demonstrate that he/she possesses the necessary eight critical job-related traits and characteristics to be a Special Agent, and conduct himself/herself in a safe manner at all times throughout the training program. The performance based disciplines are physical fitness; standards of conduct; Academic/Legal; Report Writing; Practical exercises; defensive tactics; tactical/raids training; and firearms training. The Program consists of 16 weeks of instruction. The average number of students per iteration of the program is 50.
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.