FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTERS

PRODUCER RESOURCE STEWARD

Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers

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Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers

Director Benjamine C. Huffman leads the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s 

(DHS) Federal Law Enforcement Centers (FLETC). He oversees training for 125 

federal Partner Organizations, as well as state, local, tribal, territorial, and 

international law enforcement partners. He directs operations across the FLETC 

enterprise, which includes sites in Glynco, GA; Charleston, SC; Cheltenham, MD; 

and Artesia, NM, and leads FLETC’s administrative, security, financial, mission 

support, and resource management programs.

Mr. Huffman assumed the role of Director of FLETC on September 24, 2023. Prior 

to joining FLETC, Director Huffman spent more than three decades serving in 

many roles in the DHS.

Before assuming his role as the Director, Mr. Huffman served as the Acting Deputy Commissioner for U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP), the largest law enforcement agency in the United States. In this role, Mr. Huffman ensured that the frontline 

was equipped with the personnel, tools, and information they needed, improving the agency’s collective capacity to adapt and 

respond to an ever-changing environment. Prior to serving as Acting Deputy Commissioner, Mr. Huffman served as the Acting 

Chief Operating Officer.

Mr. Huffman served as the Executive Assistant Commissioner of Enterprise Services since October 2019. In this role, he led 

4,500 employees that provided critical support to include financial management, facilities and assets, information and 

technology, human resources, training and development, and accountability to CBP’s more than 60,000 employee workforce 

and their operations.

Mr. Huffman has spent more than three decades serving in many roles across the U.S. Border Patrol. In 2014, Mr. Huffman 

joined the Senior Executive Service and was named Deputy Chief of the El Paso Sector which encompassed more than 

125,000 square miles in New Mexico and Texas. Prior to leading Enterprise Services, Mr. Huffman was the Chief of the 

Strategic Planning and Analysis Directorate at U.S. Border Patrol Headquarters where he led U.S. Border Patrol’s strategic 

planning efforts to implement several Presidential priorities.

Throughout his career, Mr. Huffman has had numerous temporary duty assignments, including Acting Director of the Special 

Operations Group, where he led CBP's global response team that consists of the Border Patrol Tactical Unit (BORTAC) and 

Border Patrol Search, Trauma and Rescue Unit (BORSTAR). He became a member of BORTAC, Class 4 in 1987 and served in 

various missions around the world, including Operation Green Blanket, operations in South Africa, and Operation Snowcap in 

Bolivia.

Mr. Huffman is a native of West Texas and entered on duty with the U.S. Border Patrol on February 3, 1985, as a member of 

Border Patrol Academy Class 173. 

Mr. Huffman holds a Master's Degree in Homeland Security and a Bachelor’s Degree in General Studies from Sul Ross State 

University in Alpine, Texas, and an Associate's Degree in Criminal Justice from South Plains Junior College in Levelland, Texas. 

He has also completed the Capstone General and Flag Officer course at the National Defense University and the Senior 

Managers in Government program at the Harvard Kennedy School.

Director

Benjamine C. Huffman