Military Police contains information about military police functions in maneuver and mobility support, area security, law and order, internment/resettlement, and police intelligence operations.
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25 MILITARY POLICE . 19-14-2 Most of the training focuses on basic-level students, but the Continuing Legal Education Training Program includes advanced-level training. As laws evolve, this division also provides updates to the feld through webinars and a monthly newsletter entitled "The Informer." Counterterrorism Division The focus of the Counterterrorism Division, which contains the Terrorism Mitigation Branch and Terrorism Response Branch, is on terrorist methodology, threat mitigation, and threat response. The division instructs basic classes on physical security, terrorism, weapons of mass destruction, and frst response and advanced classes on physical security and protective service operations. Behavioral Science Division The Behavioral Science Division, which consists of the Behavioral Aspects Branch and Behavioral Instructional Methodologies Branch, instructs students on interviewing techniques and resolution. The division recently hosted a psychology consortium consisting of a gathering of more than 100 law enforcement agency representatives, with a focus on the areas of human behavior and interviewing techniques and procedures. The consortium resulted in the introduction of new ideas for inclusion in current and future FLETC curricula. Firearms Division The Firearms Divi sion—consisting of the Operational Support Branch, Center Programs Branch, Tactical Training Pro grams Branch, Range Management Branch, Instructor Training Pro grams Branch, Resource Manage- ment Branch, and Agency Programs Branch—manages 18 indoor and outdoor ranges with about 375 fring points. The division also instructs all basic frearms training and eight ad vanced frearms courses, which are open to all local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies. The newest addition to the training curricula is a virtual range, which is used in basic marksmanship training. The Regional and International Training Directorate—which oversees FLETC training sites at Artesia, New Mexico; Charleston, South Carolina; and Cheltenham, Maryland—consists of three divisions within the Offce of Domestic and International Training. Leadership and International Training Division This division, which consists of the Leadership Institute and the Inter- national Capacity-Building Branch, domestically and internationally teaches leadership concepts to local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies and coordinates training at international law academies (ILEAs) located in Budapest, Hungary; Bangkok, Thailand; Gaborone, Botswana; and San Salvador, El Salvador. The mission of ILEAs is to help protect U.S. interests through international cooperation; foster emerging democracies; and promote social, political, and economic stability by reducing criminal activity. In addition, ILEAs support democratic governance through the rule of law and enhance the functioning of free markets through improved legislation and law enforcement. To reach these goals, ILEAs provide training designed to support local and regional law enforcement agencies by strengthening partnerships and improving coordination between U.S. law enforcement entities and international criminal justice leaders, assisting foreign law enforcement agencies in the professionalization of their forces in a cost- effective manner, and providing training and technical assistance in developing law enforcement strategies and tactics. A senior law enforcement offcer from the host country is assigned to serve as the managing director of the ILEA. In addition to U.S. law enforcement instructors, instructors from Australia, Hungary, Thailand, Botswana, Japan, Hong Kong, Holland, Ireland, Germany, Italy, Great Britain, Canada, Russia, the International Criminal Police Organization, and the Council of Europe have also provided training at ILEAs. The four regional ILEAs offer three program categories: y Co e p og am. This program consists of a 6-week course (typically with 40–50 students) that focuses on improving the investigative and managerial skills of mid-level law enforcement offcers. The frst 5 weeks of the core program are standardized among the regional ILEAs. The sixth week, which is unique to each ILEA, is designed to specifcally address issues of regional concern. y Specialized t aining cou ses. These courses (generally containing about 30 students) normally last 1 or 2 weeks. They provide in-depth instruction on areas of concern or urgent needs for a region. Students learn basic marksmanship skills at the new virtual range.