FLETA Board: The FLETA Board is comprised of senior law enforcement and training professionals from federal and independent agencies or organizations. The Board’s primary focus is to promote excellence in law enforcement operations through FLETA accreditation of
training programs and academies. The Board meets regularly to conduct business and to consider academies and programs for accreditation. The Board’s mission is:
• To enhance the quality of federal law enforcement by establishing and maintaining a body of standards to protect the effective and efficient use of resources for federal law enforcement training;
• To administer an accreditation process based on those standards; and
• To ensure compliance and provide assistance with the accreditation process to instill public confidence in federal law enforcement.
Office of Accreditation: The Office of Accreditation (OA) works as an agent of the FLETA Board to carry out the day-to-day operations of the Board. The OA is comprised of an Executive Director (who is also the Executive Secretary for the Board), Program Managers, a Program Analyst, and a Staff Assistant. The Executive Director assigns Program Managers (PM) to assist applicant agencies with the accreditation process, provide training for applicant agencies, and manage the assessment process.
Assessors: FLETA assessment teams are comprised of professional peers who volunteer to serve as assessors. Assessors have successfully completed the assessor qualification process which includes the FLETA OA’s Assessor Training Program and on-the-job training. Qualified assessors should be available to perform a minimum of one assessment annually to maintain proficiency and to assist with the assessment workload.
Accreditation Managers: Accreditation Managers (AM) coordinate and manage the accreditation process for a program and/or academy. In most cases, an agency has only one AM; however, more than one AM may be required for agencies with multiple programs.
Accreditation Community: The accreditation community is made up of a diverse group of people from virtually every segment of the federal law enforcement training community. It includes accreditation managers, assessors, instructors, support staff and many others. These individuals participate in the FLETA process and share in the success of accreditation. Many of these stakeholders are members of the Federal Law Enforcement Accreditation Coalition (FLEAC).