

Welcome to the Fort Leonard Wood DOD Post Commission
What is the DoD POST Commission?
Answer: The Department of Defense Peace Officer Standards and Training (DoD POST) Commission is comprised of senior leaders from DoD military and federal civilian law enforcement organizations that establishes minimum compliance standards for training and accreditation for over 100,000 law enforcement officers. It functions similar to a State POST Commission.
What is the difference between certification and accreditation?
Answer: The term “accreditation” is generic to course compliance with Department of Defense Instruction (DoDI) 5525.15, Guideline-1. “Certification” is generic to an individual law enforcement officer who has successfully completed a DoD POST-accredited training course and met other extensive qualification requirements prescribed in the DoDI.
What does a DOD POST Certification mean for me as a law enforcement officer?
Answer: Every profession has an accrediting body that seeks to inculcate excellent performance and behavior in its members and establish a proactive reputation management practice through prescribing training, education and standards of conduct that garners public confidence, respect, security and trust. The DoD POST Commission is an agent of brokering that legal, moral and ethical relationship between its member agencies, the DoD community they serve and the American people. Certification is a professional status that is recognized by federal and state courts, federal and state agencies, academic institutions, law firms and civics and other professional organizations throughout our global jurisdiction. Many States grant reciprocity for successfully completing accredited training programs, which has a recruiting and career transition value. And, the liability inoculation of DoD POST certification cannot be understated. Meeting certification requirements validates the individual law enforcement officer’s confidence in their own ability to perform under difficult working conditions. DoD POST structured certification requirements based on input from the International Association of Directors of Law Enforcement Standards and Training (IADLEST) and other recognized training and certification models throughout the federal law enforcement community. The result is the establishment of a galvanized and unimpeachable set of standards that preserve the dignity of life, culture and rule of law in a diverse, challenging and rapidly-changing law enforcement profession.