Janet Napolitano is pictured at a meeting in Nashville, Tenn., in 2009. (photo US Army/Staff Sgt. Jim Greenhill)
Janet Napolitano's visit to Brunswick's Federal Law Enforcement Training Center was the Secretary's first visit to the center responsible for training more than 24,000 officers each year.
The officers go on to serve in 88 different agencies include the Secret Service, Border Patrol and Customs.
Center Director Connie Patrick says, Napolitano stressed the need for international agreements on airport security.
"Sometimes that will require equipment, training and that's why she came here, to find out what we can do to help assist her in completing that," Patrick says. "You can't have boots on the ground unless they go through training and it's important to the men and women who fulfill that role for the Secretary and others of her stature to see first-hand the impact they have on national security."
Napolitano has said the U.S. won't completely solve airport security failures like the Christmas Day bombing attempt until airports across the globe tighten standards.
