Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers

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The Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers (FLETC;[1] pronounced Template:IPAc-en) is a law enforcement training school under the United States Department of Homeland Security, serving 105 federal law enforcement agencies within the United States federal government.[2] Through the Rural Policing Institute (RPI) and the Office of State and Local Training, it also provides tuition-free and low-cost training to state, local, campus, and tribal law enforcement agencies.[3]

History

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Presidential address, June 1989

Studies conducted in the late 1960s revealed an urgent need for training by professional instructors using modern training facilities and standardized course content. The Congress authorized funds for planning and constructing the Consolidated Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (CFLETC). In 1970, the CFLETC was established as a bureau of the United States Department of the Treasury (Treasury Order #217) and began training operations in temporary facilities in Washington, D.C.[4]

The permanent location of the center was originally planned for the Washington, D.C., area. However, a three-year construction delay resulted in Congress requesting that surplus federal installations be surveyed to determine if one could serve as the permanent site. In May 1975, after a review of existing facilities, the former Naval Air Station Glynco was selected. In the summer of 1975, the newly renamed Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) relocated from Washington, D.C., and began training in September of that year at Glynco, Georgia. Glynco is the headquarters site and main campus for the FLETC and houses the senior leadership of the organization.[4]

On March 1, 2003, FLETC was transferred from the United States Department of the Treasury to the newly established United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS), along with some 22 other federal agencies and entities.

Headquarters

The FLETC headquarters are at the former Naval Air Station Glynco in the Glynco area of unincorporated Glynn County, Georgia, near the port city of Brunswick, Georgia, and about halfway between Savannah, Georgia, and Jacksonville, Florida.[5] The FLETC Orlando team located at Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division in Orlando, Florida trains with branches of the United States Armed Forces evaluating new and existing training technologies for their ability to meet law enforcement training needs. The Los Angeles Regional Maritime Law Enforcement Training Center in Los Angeles, California has worked a partnership with FLETC along with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department along with state and local agencies to develop comprehensive maritime training. FLETC has oversight and program management responsibilities for the International Law Enforcement Academies (ILEA) in Gaborone, Botswana; San Salvador, El Salvador; and Lima, Peru. It also supports training at ILEAs in Budapest, Hungary and Bangkok, Thailand.

Locations

Parent department

The FLETC's parent department, the DHS, supervises its administrative and financial activities.[6] As an interagency training organization, FLETC has professionals from diverse backgrounds to serve on its faculty and staff. Approximately one-third of the instructor staff are permanent FLETC employees. The remainder are federal officers and investigators on short-term assignment from their parent organizations. Agencies take part in curriculum review and development conferences and help develop policies and directives.

Affiliations

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CGIS training at Glynco, Georgia

Partner organizations have input regarding training issues and functional aspects of the Center. The current partner organizations are:[7]

See also

References

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Attribution

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Further reading

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  • Public Manager. Spring 2013, Vol. 42, Issue 1, pp. 15–19.
  • Vital Speeches of the Day. December 2010, Vol. 76, Issue 12, pp. 556–558.
  • Journal of Applied Security Research. 2012, Vol. 7 Issue 4, pp. 478–488.
  • U.S. News Digital Weekly. 4/4/2014, Vol. 6 Issue 14, pp. 15.

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