Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers

Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers
Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers
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	Seal
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	Entrance to FLETC Headquarters
Agency Overview
Formed	July 1, 1970
Jurisdiction	Federal government of the United States
Headquarters	Glynco, Georgia
Employees	1,068
Annual budget	US$242 million (2017)
Agency Executive	Thomas J. Walters, Director
Parent department	U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Website
	fletc.gov

Stored: Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers

Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers
Type:	Executive Departments
Parent organization:	U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Top organization:
Employees:	1500
Executive:	Director
Budget:	Approximately $260 million (fiscal year 2023)
Address:	1131 Chapel Crossing Road, Glynco, GA 31524
Website:	https://www.fletc.gov
Creation Legislation:	Treasury Order 217 (July 1970)
Wikipedia:	Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers

Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers

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Mission
To train law enforcement professionals who protect the U.S., offering standardized, high-quality training to federal, state, local, tribal, and international law enforcement officers.

Services
Basic and advanced law enforcement training; firearms training; driver training; physical techniques; maritime law enforcement training

Regulations

The Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers (FLETC,^[2] pronounced /ˈflɛtsi/) serves as an interagency law enforcement training body for 105 United States government federal law enforcement agencies.^[3] The stated mission of FLETC is to "...train those who protect our homeland". Through the Rural Policing Institute (RPI) and the Office of State and Local Training, it provides tuition-free and low-cost training to state, local, campus and tribal law enforcement agencies.^[4]

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. 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 U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury Order #217) and began training operations in temporary facilities in Washington, D.C.^[5]

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.^[5]

On March 1, 2003, FLETC formally transferred from the Treasury Department to the newly established U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), along with some 22 other federal agencies and entities. The move reflected the centrality of the FLETC's mission in support of the unified homeland security effort.

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.^[6] 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.^[7] 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:^[8]

Administrative Office of the United States Courts

U.S. Probation and Pretrial Services System

Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation)

Office of Inspector General Police Department

Central Intelligence Agency

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