The Federal Law Enforcement Training Accreditation (FLETA) Board ispleased to announce Mrs. Sarah “Sally” Livingston as the inauguralrecipient of the FLETA Team Leader Recognition Award. FLETA BoardChairperson, Mr. Ronald Ward, presented the Team Leader RecognitionAward to Ms. Livingston. “The FLETA Board is pleased to bestow thishonorary award to Sally Livingston, an individual who has set herselfapart through her exceptional commitment and dedication to thisprocess, the FLETA Board, and the community as a team leader forcountless FLETA and self-assessments over the past ten years,” statedMr. Ward.
Sally Livingston is with the Internal RevenueService (IRS) Criminal Investigation (CI) and has been involved in theFLETA process since 2005. While serving as an accreditation coordinatorand later the Accreditation Manager for IRS, Mrs. Livingston obtainedaccreditation and subsequent reaccreditations for the IRS NationalCriminal Investigation Training Academy, Special Agent Basic TrainingProgram, and Basic Instructor Facilitator Training Program. In additionto supporting her own agency’s accreditation goals, Mrs. Livingston hasserved on more than 30 FLETA and self-assessments over the years, firstas an assessor, then team leader, and now as a team leader mentor. “Sheis called upon constantly for her advice and guidance,” wrote Ms.Lenora Kay Arthur in one nomination for Mrs. Livingston. “I cannotthink of a more deserving individual to receive the FLETA Team LeaderRecognition Award than Mrs. Sally Livingston”.
The FLETA Team Leader Recognition Award recognizesindividuals who have contributed significantly or demonstratedexceptional commitment while serving in a team leader capacity duringthe FLETA accreditation process. The team leader has successfullydemonstrated an effective and innovative approach associated withobtaining the highest quality of federal law enforcement training. TheFLETA Team Leader Recognition Award is intended as an individual annualaward; however, multiple candidates may be considered by the Board.
The FLETA Board is the accrediting body for all federal lawenforcement training and support programs. To achieve accreditation,agencies submit to an independent review of their academy and/orprogram to ensure compliance with the FLETA Standards and Procedures in the areas of Program Administration, Training Staff, TrainingDevelopment, and Training Delivery, with an additional 20 standards forAcademies. Accreditation is a cyclical process occurring every threeyears. Each year agencies must submit annual reports in preparation forreaccreditation, which is a new and independent review of theacademy/program.