FLETA Board Grants Reaccreditation to Two FLETC Programs
The Federal Law Enforcement Training Accreditation (FLETA) Board is pleased to announce it granted reaccreditation status to the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers (FLETC) Firearms Instructor Training Program (FITP) and to the Land Management Police Training Program (LMPT) at the May 9, 2024, meeting.
The purpose of the FITP is to provide newly assigned firearms instructors with a familiarization of a variety of firearms, to include care and maintenance and the skills necessary to function as a law enforcement firearms instructor. The program also introduces the new instructors to teaching techniques as well as identifying and resolving shooting problems/errors. The FITP is 10 instructional days and consists of 79.5 hours of instruction. The average number of students per iteration of the program is 16.
The purpose of the LMPT is to provide a program of instruction that fulfills basic land management officer training requirements necessary for responsible and competent job performance. Rather than being agency-specific, the program addresses common knowledge, skills, and abilities that are expected of all land management officers. The revised LMPT currently being piloted is 84 instructional days and consists of 699 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.