Stephen Golden Receives the FLETA Team Leader Recognition Award
The Federal Law Enforcement Training Accreditation (FLETA) Board is pleased to announce Stephen Golden as the 2024 recipient of the FLETA Team Leader Recognition Award. FLETA Board Chair, Ms. Sterling Payne, presented the Team Leader Recognition Award to Mr. Golden during the FLETA Board meeting on November 7, 2024, in Glynco, GA.
“On behalf of the FLETA Board, I am pleased to recognize Stephen Golden for this distinguished award,” stated Ms. Payne. “Mr. Golden is highly respected among the FLETA community and demonstrates his professionalism and excellence in everything he does, whether serving as a team leader, assessor, or self-assessor.”
Since joining the FLETA community in 2010, Mr. Golden has served on 31 FLETA assessments, both as an assessor and team leader. In addition to serving as a team leader and assessor on FLETA assessments, Mr. Golden provides direct and in-direct support to other federal law enforcement agencies as a source of expertise conducting self-assessments.
Mr. Joseph Collins, Executive Director for the FLETA Office of Accreditation, congratulated Mr. Golden on the award. Mr. Collins stated, “Team leaders, like Mr. Golden, are the critical link between the FLETA Board and the assessment teams. Mr. Golden’s dedication to the FLETA process sets the standard for all team leaders and assessors. We would not have a FLETA process without the hard work and dedication of Mr. Golden, and his fellow team leaders and assessors.”
The FLETA Team Leader Recognition Award recognizes individuals who have contributed significantly or demonstrated exceptional commitment while serving in a team leader capacity during the FLETA accreditation process. The team leader has successfully demonstrated an effective and innovative approach associated with obtaining the highest quality of federal law enforcement training. The FLETA Team Leader Recognition Award is intended as an individual annual award; however, the Board may consider multiple candidates.
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 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.