FLETA Strategic Plan 2012 – 2016
Vision
Serve the nation by promoting professionalism, excellence and competence in training throughout the federal law enforcement community.
Mission
Enhance the quality of federal law enforcement by establishing and maintaining a body of standards to promote the effective and efficient use of resources for federal law enforcement training;
Administer an accreditation process based on those standards to foster consistency in federal law enforcement training; and
Ensure compliance and provide assistance with the accreditation process in order to instill public confidence in federal law enforcement.
Goals
Long Term Performance Goal
Accredit and support reaccreditation of all federal law enforcement training.
Strategic Goals
FLETA Quality - Maintain a quality and efficient accreditation process.
How to Attain:
Clearly define and maintain accreditation standards and consistently apply the assessment and review process.
Continually revise standards for clarity and relevance to desired accreditation objectives.
Continue feedback and evaluation of the assessment process and assessors.
Continue to provide training to accreditation managers, program managers, assessors, Board members, and others in the FLETA community.
Expand and improve an assessment methodology to measure the value of FLETA accreditation for federal law enforcement agencies.
Establish oversight committees for pertinent processes and deliveries.
How to Measure:
Effectiveness determined by the number of successfully accredited and reaccredited academies and programs; feedback from participating agencies regarding the FLETA accreditation process; and feedback regarding the quality and consistency of assessments through the evaluation of team leaders and assessors
Conduct a peer-based evaluation/review of FLETA accreditation processes and the Office of Accreditation.
Conduct an evaluation of FLETA accreditation processes and the Office of Accreditation (staff inspection).
Clearinghouse - Maintain a clearinghouse of successful training practices.
How to Attain:
Communicate a clear definition and criteria for successful training practices.
Solicit successful training practices.
Ensure a web-based infrastructure is in place to support publication and availability of successful practices.
How to Measure:
Effectiveness determined by reported results of assessment teams, number of hits on FLETA website, and return on investment.
FLETA Recognition (Outreach) - Increase awareness of, and commitment to the FLETA accreditation process by the law enforcement and training communities.
How to Attain:
Develop an outreach plan that includes educating and informing senior leaders and training officials within the Federal Law Enforcement Community via electronic and print materials, participation in law enforcement related seminars and conferences, and education and orientation to new Board members.
Increase awareness of the FLETA accreditation process in the international law enforcement community.
Increase awareness of the FLETA accreditation process on the World Wide Web.
Recognize and award agencies for significant contributions to accreditation.
How to Measure:
Effectiveness determined by the number of applications received for accreditation and reaccreditation of programs and/or academies.
Effectiveness determined by the number of media presentations (journal articles, news stories, and other presentations).
FLETA in the Electronic Environment – Create and implement standards for distance e-learning.
How to Attain:
Develop an action plan that includes specific standards development for e-learning (online and blended) training.
How to Measure:
Effectiveness determined by the reported results of the committees created to implement the action plan.
