How does the Border Patrol basic training program compare?
SOURCE: Border Patrol: Costs and Challenges Related to Training New Agents, GAO report, 2007.
Course curriculum among basic training programs
SOURCE: Border Patrol: Costs and Challenges Related to Training New Agents, GAO report, 2007.
NOTE: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Southern Arizona Law Enforcement Training Center do not require Spanish instruction. Border Patrol Academy does not require basic investigative techniques.
Average cost to train a new Border Patrol agent
The Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) serves as an interagency law enforcement training organization for 90 United States government federal law enforcement agencies.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is a federal law enforcement agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security charged with regulating and facilitating international trade, collecting import duties, and enforcing U.S. regulations, including trade, customs, and immigration.
SOURCE: Border Patrol: Costs and Challenges Related to Training New Agents, GAO report, 2007.
Data used in the above chart is from fiscal year 2006. FLETC's costs did not include meals or lodging. CBP's costs did not include tuition or miscellaneous items.
NOTE: While FLETC’s costs include the cost of training materials for postacademy training conducted in the sectors, these costs do not include the cost of postacademy instructors or field training conducted in the sectors.
Miscellaneous costs include items such as support services (health unit, uniform laundry, janitorial), supplies (athletic trainer and student supplies, utility uniforms), and utilities (garbage collection, gas, electricity, and water and sewer).
