Federal Law Enforcement Center (FLETC) - Criminal Investigator Training Program (CITP)

FLETCThe Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) is a world-class training organization for 81 Federal agencies and state, local, and international law enforcement agencies. FLETC is located in Glynco, Georgia.

Approximately one-third of the instructors at FLETC are permanent staff members. The remainder are Federal officers and investigators on short-term assignment from their parent organizations or recently retired from the field.

Training Programs at FLETC

The majority of FLETC’s training programs are devoted to basic programs for criminal investigators who have the authority to carry firearms and make arrests. These basic programs provide a combination of classroom instruction and hands-on practical exercises. Students participate in exercises that simulate typical situations encountered on the job, and these exercises often involve actors who play the roles of victims, witnesses, or suspects.

FLETC offers several basic law enforcement training programs of varying lengths. In addition, FLETC conducts and supports numerous advanced and specialized training programs. Major instructional areas include: Firearms, Driver Training, Physical Techniques, Legal, Behavioral Science, and more.

Criminal Investigator Training Program (CITP)

CITThe Criminal Investigator Training Program trains special agents from over 50 agencies. It provides students fundamental training in the techniques, concepts, and methodologies of conducting criminal investigations.

Criminal investigator training combines classroom instruction, laboratories, practical exercises, and exams. During the program, trainees participate on a small team conducting an investigation of a fictitious case. The investigation allows students to immediately apply concepts learned. The process includes interviewing witnesses, surveillance, and undercover operations. By the end of the case, the trainees will have developed the case, written and executed search warrrants, written a criminal complaint, obtained an indictment, arrested a defendant, and testified in a hearing.

Elements of CITP include:

  • Interviewing
  • Surveillance
  • Computer-based case management
  • Legal training
  • Physical techniques and conditioning
  • Tactical training
  • Firearms precision shooting
  • Emergency response driving