I do not believe it is an 1811 slot. It is like the detention officers on our JPATS (Justice Prisoner Alien Transport System, aka ConAir), in the sense it is not part of the normal operational USMS. I don't think that you can really look to it as a way to slide into an 1811 slot. 1811 positions are hired from the 082 pool.
The 082 and 1811 academies are competely different. The 1811s go through the 10 week Criminal Investigator school at FLETC, while the 082 program is a Basic Deputy course (I think about 6 weeks) put on by the USMS at FLETC.
The only other aviation slots that I am aware of are with our Technical Operations Group, formerly called the Electronic Surveillance Unit. These slots are filled only by 1811 personnel.
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in practice, there is."
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