Peculiarities of us Border Guard Officers’ Training at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center Using Online Campus

• Authors: Ihor Bloshchynskyi
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Professional training of future US border guard officers at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center using e-FLETC Online Campus has been substantiated in the article. Special attention has been paid to revealing such topical areas of Online Campus computer-based training modules (crime scene, driver training, drugs, firearms, health, interviewing, investigative, legal, mapping, maritime, officer safety, technology, terrorism, traffic stops, training) that include over 120 lessons and 20 videos which are available on a wide range of topics. Web-based training lessons which include topics such as counterterrorism, crime scene preservation and documentation, disaster, crisis and emergency strategies and management, domestic violence, drug endangered children, drug related crimes, elder abuse, firearms, fitness and healthy lifestyles, human trafficking, interacting with special needs populations, intelligence led policing, interpersonal skills and conflict management, interviews and interrogations, investigating technology related crimes (protecting and collecting digital evidence), investigative skills and techniques, knowledge of laws and regulations, leadership and management, lessons learned (previous case analysis), maritime law enforcement, etc. have been revealed. Besides, examples of “Firearms” and “Use of Force” curricula in e-FLETC Online Campus have been presented.

Keywords

EN

border guard officers; distance learning; US Federal Law Enforcement Training Center; Online Campus

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Comparative Professional Pedagogy
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 5
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 57-61

Dates

published

2015-12-01

online

2015-12-30

Contributors

author

Ihor Bloshchynskyi

• Bohdan Khmelnytskyi National Academy of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine Address: 46 Shevchenko St., Khmelnytskyi, 29003 Ukraine

References

• 1. Border Patrol Jobs. Online U.S. Border Patrol Career and Training Headquarters. (2015). Border Patrol Academy: Courses and Curriculum. Retrieved 02.1 1.2015 from : <http://myborderpatroljob.com/border-patrol-academy>.
• 2. Federal Law Enforcement Training Center. (2015). FLETC History. Retrieved 06.11.2015 from : <https://www.fletc.gov/fletc-history>.
• 3. Federal Law Enforcement Resources. (2015). Training Centers and Programs for Federal Law Enforcement Personnel. Retrieved 05.11.2015 from : <http://www.federallawenforcement.org>.
• 4. Official Website of the DHS. (2015). Homeland Security Information Network - Law Enforcement. Retrieved 03.11.2015 from : http://www.dhs.gov/liomeland-security- i
• 5. Official website of the DHS. (2015). US Customs and Border Protection. Retrieved 04.11.2015 from : <http://www.cbp.gov/border-security/along-us-borders>.
• 6. Блощинський, I., Гапонова, В., Яремчук, I. (2006). Вшсъковий переклад [Military Translation]. Хмельницький : НАДПСУ, 440 р. (in Ukrainian).
• 7. Комкова. Е. (2008). Новый этап американо-канадской интеграции [New Stage of American-Canadian [integration]. США - Канада: экономика, политика, культура [USA - Canada: Economy, Politics, Culture], No 5, pp. 15-30 (in Russian).
• 8. Кузьмшський, A. (2001). Педагоглка вищог школи |Pedagogy of Higher School]. К. : Знания, 486 p. (in Ukrainian).
• 9. Некрасов, A. (1998). Пограничный контроль на путях международного сообщения [Border Control at International Routes]. Хабаровск, 295 p. (in Russian).
• 10. Шаран, P. (2010). Професшна тдготовкамаггсщж шформацшнш техиологш в cucmeMi дистанцшног oceimu США [Professional Training of IT Masters in the US System of Distance Education], Thesis for PhD. Тернопшь : ТНГТУ iM. В. Гнатюка, 249 p. (in Ukrainian).
• 11. Шуневич, Б. (2008). Розвиток дистаицшиого навчання у вищш школ! крат Свропи та Швтчног Америки | Distance Learning Development in Higher Educational Establishments of European and North-American Countries]. Thesis for a Doctoral Degree. К. : 1н-т вищ. освпи АПН Укра'шн. 510 р. (in Ukrainian).

Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/rpp-2015-0066