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The Maritime Law Enforcement Academy (MLEA) is a
Courses offered at the MLEA include:
* Boarding Officer Course (BOC): The purpose of the BOC is to prepare Boarding Officers for the arduous duties associated with enforcing laws and treaties at sea. The course consists of twenty three training days over five weeks and is open to U.S. Coast Guard personnel and foreign naval officers.
* Boarding Team Member (BTM) Course: The BTM course consists of nine training days over two weeks and trains Coast Guard personnel to serve as Boarding Team Members under the supervision of a Boarding Officer.
* Radiation Detection Level II Operators Course: This is a three-day course that prepares Coast Guard personnel to conduct radiation detection operations on board vessels and ashore.
* Ports, Waterways, and Coastal Security Course: This is a five-day program designed to provide boarding officers with the specific concepts and experience necessary to safely conduct Security Boardings and Law Enforcement Ashore at facilities in compliance with Coast Guard policy, U.S. law, and international treaties.
Training ranges from criminal law and the use of force to boarding team member certification to the use of radiation detection equipment. Much of the training is live, using handguns with laser inserts or firing simulation rounds.PA1 Adam Eggers, Pentagon Channel. "Academy of Hard Knocks", ''Coast Guard'' 2/2008: 16-19.
The Academy is also home to the Maritime Enforcement Specialist "A" school.
The Maritime Law Enforcement Academy (MLEA) is a United States Coast Guard
The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is the maritime security, search and rescue, and law enforcement service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the country's eight uniformed services. The service is a maritime, military, m ...
school located at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) in Charleston, South Carolina
Charleston is the largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina, the county seat of Charleston County, and the principal city in the Charleston–North Charleston metropolitan area. The city lies just south of the geographical midpoint o ...
. It was created from the relocation and merger of the former Law Enforcement School at Yorktown, Virginia
Yorktown is a census-designated place (CDP) in York County, Virginia. It is the county seat of York County, one of the eight original shires formed in colonial Virginia in 1682. Yorktown's population was 195 as of the 2010 census, while York Co ...
, and the former Boarding Team Member School at Petaluma, California.
Training
Courses offered at the MLEA include:
* Boarding Officer Course (BOC): The purpose of the BOC is to prepare Boarding Officers for the arduous duties associated with enforcing laws and treaties at sea. The course consists of twenty three training days over five weeks and is open to U.S. Coast Guard personnel and foreign naval officers.
* Boarding Team Member (BTM) Course: The BTM course consists of nine training days over two weeks and trains Coast Guard personnel to serve as Boarding Team Members under the supervision of a Boarding Officer.
* Radiation Detection Level II Operators Course: This is a three-day course that prepares Coast Guard personnel to conduct radiation detection operations on board vessels and ashore.
* Ports, Waterways, and Coastal Security Course: This is a five-day program designed to provide boarding officers with the specific concepts and experience necessary to safely conduct Security Boardings and Law Enforcement Ashore at facilities in compliance with Coast Guard policy, U.S. law, and international treaties.
Training ranges from criminal law and the use of force to boarding team member certification to the use of radiation detection equipment. Much of the training is live, using handguns with laser inserts or firing simulation rounds.PA1 Adam Eggers, Pentagon Channel. "Academy of Hard Knocks", ''Coast Guard'' 2/2008: 16-19.
The Academy is also home to the Maritime Enforcement Specialist "A" school.
See also
*Joint Maritime Training Center
The Joint Maritime Training Center (JMTC), also known as the Special Missions Training Center (SMTC), is a joint United States Coast Guard, Navy, and Marine Corps training facility located on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. JMTC's mission is to pr ...
* Maritime Law Enforcement Specialist
The Maritime Enforcement Specialist (ME) rating is responsible for law enforcement and force protection in the United States Coast Guard—equivalent to the Navy’s counterpart Master-at-arms (United States Navy). Additionally, these personnel are ...
References
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