Review of the U.S. Marshals Service's Tactical Training Officer Program

Submitting OIG:

Department of Justice OIG

Date Issued:

Thursday, April 29, 2021

Agency Reviewed / Investigated:

Department of Justice

Submitting OIG-Specific Report Number:

21-065

Component, if applicable:

United States Marshals Service

Location(s):

Agency-Wide

Type of Report:

Inspection / Evaluation

Questioned Costs:

Funds for Better Use:

Number of Recommendations:

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Recommendation Number	Recommendation Status	Significant Recommendation	Additional Details
1	Open	No	https://oig.justice.gov/reports
Clarify officer safety-related training requirements for operational personnel, including Task Force Officers, and ensure that the requirements are clearly established in policy.
2	Open	No	https://oig.justice.gov/reports
Ensure that the Training Division provides consistent and prompt assistance to those districts that do not have an assigned Tactical Training Officer.
3	Open	No	https://oig.justice.gov/reports
Ensure that all Tactical Training Officers receive skills sustainment training.
4	Open	No	https://oig.justice.gov/reports
Establish methods to evaluate whether the Tactical Training Officer Program is accomplishing its objectives.
5	Open	No	https://oig.justice.gov/reports
Ensure that the new After-Action Review policy is implemented so that all critical incidents stemming from operations led by and/or involving U.S. Marshals Service personnel are reviewed for lessons learned and used to update and adjust officer safety-related training.
6	Open	No	https://oig.justice.gov/reports
Consider including other Department of Justice law enforcement components in operational reviews of critical incidents, including but not limited to the new After-Action Review process, to allow for mutual awareness and improvements to officer safety-related training across components.
7	Open	No	https://oig.justice.gov/reports
Evaluate whether modifications to training are needed to adequately cover open space encounters and to better support small teams, and, if so, develop and implement methods to ensure that training adequately addresses these

Recommendation Number

Recommendation Status

Significant Recommendation

Additional Details

Open

https://oig.justice.gov/reports

Clarify officer safety-related training requirements for operational personnel, including Task Force Officers, and ensure that the requirements are clearly established in policy.

Open

https://oig.justice.gov/reports

Ensure that the Training Division provides consistent and prompt assistance to those districts that do not have an assigned Tactical Training Officer.

Open

https://oig.justice.gov/reports