Inspector General Criminal Investigator Academy

The Inspector General (IG) Criminal Investigator Academy (IG Academy) was officially established in February 1994 by a Memorandum of Understanding between the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) and the President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency (PCIE). The training academy is located at FLETC in Glynco, Georgia. The PCIE was superseded by the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE) under the Inspector General Reform Act of 2008. Therefore, CIGIE assumed accountability for the IG Academy. In this review which was performed as a service for CIGIE, we found a definite lack of resources for the IG Academy, which impacts the learning methodologies utilized and the overall quality of the programs being delivered. If the IG Academy is to exhibit the attributes of an effective training program, CIGIE must provide it with human capital and infrastructure resources, including instructional, information technology, curriculum, and administrative support.We recommended CIGIE consider the following resource needs, among others, for the IG Academy:Staffing or access to staffing to conduct timely updates of curricula and lesson plans, assist in instructional systems design, and teach coursesInformation technology supportThe implementation of an electronic learning management system-a software application that provides, among other assets, administration, documentation, tracking, and reporting of training programs, classroom and online events, e-learning programs, and training contentAdministrative supportThe means to address a legal support deficiencyRemarkably, the IG Academy has been able to provide training to investigators who consistently give very positive feedback despite the lack of resources identified in this report. Our review revealed a small but dedicated staff achieving far more than the bare statistics suggest should be possible. The Director and her staff are to be congratulated for holding together a program that enjoys the support of the majority of the IG community and continues to provide a valuable service.