FLETC officially transferred its permanent location from Washington D.C to Glynco, Ga in the summer of 1975, and training began almost immediately in September of 1975. .
In addition to its home location, over the years, FLETC as opened satellite locations in Jacksonville, Florida, Washington D.C, Charleston South Carolina, Artesia, New Mexico, and Cheltenham Maryland. In 2001, FLETC initiated the International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA) first located in Botswana, training law enforcement officials in countries throughout Sub-Saharan Africa. Following the success of this program, another ILEA location was approved in San Salvador in 2005, training law enforcement officials from countries throughout South America. This allows FLETC to have the flexibility to train in various locations addressing different geographical and specialized defense needs, by their vision statement. .
Following the terror attacks of September 11, 2001, President Bush and Congress rapidly worked together in the creation of the Department of Homeland Security. As discussed in class and the textbook, this department was created to centralize and liberalize the flow of information sharing amongst agencies, allowing them to work productively together in the defense of our nation. Accordingly, it would only make sense to transfer FLETC into this department, to centralize and coordinate the training of all agencies, which were relocated or created under the umbrella of the DHS. FLETC was formally transferred from the Department of the Treasury to the DHS on March 1, 2003, along with approximately 20 other agencies. .
Structure, Organization, and Specialized Division.
FLETC employs roughly 1,000 personnel including professional trainers, administration, Support staff, etc. FLETC currently operates 7 locations in the United States, and three ILEA locations overseas. Of the 7 locations in the United States, 2 locations serve purposes other than training.