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Introducing the New and Improved CALEA Website
 First-time visitors to the new CALEA website will see that the overall design, navigation and features have been built in a way that supports CALEA clients, potential clients, Commissioners, Assessors, and Staff. From accreditation information, to purchasing through the CALEA store, to search capabilities, and document downloads; each component of the site was designed to create greater efficiencies for each group of users. Visit www.calea.org today and if you are from a CALEA Client agency, click the log in link on the top of the page and create a new account. This account allows you more access on the new website and gives you one point of entry and access for most, if not all, of the information needed on a daily basis. SO VISIT WWW.CALEA.ORG TODAY! |
| Commissioner News
 CALEA Commissioner A. DeWade Langley recently became the chairman and director of the University of Central Oklahoma's new School of Criminal Justice. Prior to accepting the position at the university, Commissioner Langley was the Director of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, a position he held since 1995, longer than any director in the history of the agency. Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation is a CALEA Accredited Agency since July 2002. Congratulations and best wishes to Commissioner Langley are in order as he takes advantage of new opportunities.
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| Conference News
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CALEA FALL CONFERENCE - NOVEMBER 17-20, 2010
 Located just south of Los Angeles Orange County (OC), California, is renown for its beautiful beaches, major theme parks, premier shopping, entertainment and dining experiences. As the OC's fifth largest city Garden Grove offers great places to be "scene" this fall. Finding things to do in the OC might seem like a simple decision: a trip to the Disneyland Resort and then off to the beach. While those are definitely top stops to include on your itinerary, there is much more to see and do in Orange County, including arts and culture. Make you plans today to 'Fall into OC" in November!
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We are currently developing the online conference registration section of our website. We expect it to be operational in the near future. If you would like to register immediately, please download the Conference Brochure from the Registration page of the website, complete and send the registration form to CALEA.
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CALEA will have an Exhibition Hall at the Garden Grove Conference. The CALEA Exhibition Hall offers industry suppliers a marketplace where decision makers can view, examine, and compare products available for their use in Public Safety. Space is available! Interested parties should contact CALEA Associate Director Jim Brown or Executive Assistant Rhonda Garner for information.
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CACE Lab Class will be offered on Wednesday and Friday at the Garden Grove Conference. Advanced registration is required for CACE Laboratory and enrollment is on a first come/first serve basis. Registration is limited to one CACE user per agency. To register and receive additional information, please contact CALEA Information Technology Coordinator Linda Phillips at lphillips@calea.org.
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Be a CALEA Conference Presenter and Receive a Complimentary Registration!
Are you planning on attending an upcoming CALEA Conference? You may be eligible for a complimentary conference registration! CALEA is looking for knowledgeable CALEA Clients to present additional quality training that deals with managing the CALEA process or compliance with standards. Classes are 1 hour and 15 minutes long and are presented twice on the same day. Selected presenters will receive a complimentary registration and a banquet ticket if the presenter is attending the banquet.
CALEA's upcoming conferences are:
Bethesda, MD March 23-26, 2011 (Suburban Washington, DC)
Cincinnati, OH July 27-30, 2011
Colorado Springs, CO November 16-19, 2011 For more information contact Jim Brown at jbrown@calea.org or (703) 352-4225, extension 26. |
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CALEA Agency News
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CALEA has posted the names of the Flagship Agencies honored at the Summer CALEA Conference. The CALEA Flagship Agency Program is designed to acknowledge CALEA Accredited public safety agencies that have demonstrated success in the accreditation process. The program also serves to provide other agencies seeking accreditation with examples of "best practices" on how to address compliance, policy development, file maintenance, and other issues relating to the accreditation process. The Flagship Agency designation is effective for the duration of the agency's current award period. Click HERE to view CALEA Flagship Agencies.
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Attention CALEA Accredited Agencies! We are seeking additional articles for publication. AccreditationWorks! presents first-hand testimonies of the positive outcomes of CALEA Accreditation for an agency. These success stories reflect the often unreported benefits experienced by CALEA Agencies. A collection of these articles can be found on our website. Click HERE to view the current listings. Please call or email CALEA Update Editor Janice Dixon with your ideas or submissions: (800) 368-3757, ext. 33 or jdixon@calea.org. |
Police Accreditation Coalition (PACs) News
A directory of all PACs is located in the CALEA Client Section, Click HERE to view list
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Chesapeake Region Law Enforcement Accreditation Alliance (CRLEAA) next meeting will be held at Bethany Beach (DE) Police Department on Friday, September 10, 2010 10:00 a.m. Click HERE for more details.
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CALEA Mexico Field Representative Lorena Singer will be in attendance for the Latin American Police Accreditation Coalition (Latin PAC)meeting September 30 to October 1 in the city of Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico. Please contact PAC President Benjamin Munguia Ballesteros for details.
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Check Out the CALEA Online Web Store!
See special offers on Apparel, Luggage, Plaques, Cool Stuff, Gifts/Awards, Golf and Collectibles.On most store items you have the option of selecting your favorite CALEA logo (law enforcement, communications, training academy, or recognition). Visit the CALEA Store today for daily and unadvertised sales!
All proceeds from the CALEA Store benefit the CALEA Accreditation Support Fund. |
CALEA Online en Español
Pueden ver información sobre los Programas y Procesos de CALEA en Españolen la página de CALEA oprimiendo el botón Español. |
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Program Managers' Corner
This is the seventeenth in a series of short articles from
your CALEA Program Managers.
In the Absence of Controlling Legislation
During the March 2010 CALEA Conference, the Standards Review and Interpretation Committee (SRIC) considered the impact of the phrase "In the absence of controlling legislation..." on standards across all programs. During the respective research, it was discovered this language was used 19 times in the active standards. During further discussions, it was determined the phrase was having unintended consequences in the application of the affected standards, whereas some agencies used legislation to classify the standards as not applicable, while others simply classified the standard as in compliance with or without meeting all of the standards' components. The Commission has always intended these standards to be met by awarded agencies and for agencies to only use controlling legislation to serve as the binding directive or as documentation preventing compliance. And where legislation is silent on specific standards' requirements, the Commission had intended agencies to develop policy or practice to address the standards completely.
Given the complexity of this issue the SRIC acted to remove the language from all but one standard in each of the programs. The phrase has remained in the standards addressing probationary periods for newly promoted employees. Specifically, Law Enforcement Standard 32.2.10, Public Safety Communications Standard 4.3.11 and Public Safety Training Academy Standard 5.3.2 retained the language. Additionally, the phrase "collective bargaining agreement" was added to these standards to allow for labor contract issues that affect an agency's ability to impose probationary periods on newly hired employees. These actions were taken to ensure the standards were meeting the intentions of the Commission, while not detracting from participating agencies' ability to demonstrate compliance.
In the program standards addressing probationary status for newly promoted employees, the controlling legislation language is no longer used. These standards include Law Enforcement Standard 34.1.7, Public Safety Communications Standard 4.4.7 and Public Safety Training Academy Standard 5.4.6. These standards now require at least a six month probationary period for employees promoted (sworn employees only within the Standards for Law Enforcement Agencies), with "exceptions defined". Therefore, agencies should now critically review this standard in concert with promotional policies. Although the standard allows for exceptions for such issues as those positions that are considered appointments or other limited positions that are defined in policy, it does not allow for this standard to simply be addressed by listing all positions as exceptions. Furthermore, these standards are mandatory for all agencies in all programs.
As always, your program manager can assist in addressing issues that arise for agencies in demonstrating compliance with any of these standards. |
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Program Managers' Corner
This is the eighteenth in a series of short articles from
your CALEA Program Managers.
Mutual Aid Agreements
2.1.3 The agency has written agreements with neighboring agencies to provide mutual aid in emergency situations. The mutual aid agreement must include, at a minimum, the following details:
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Commentary: Emergency situations often require augmented law enforcement capabilities to restore order or assist victims. The agency's mutual aid agreement should provide all the information necessary to initiate mutual aid activities either on behalf of the agency or at the request of a neighboring law enforcement agency. The agreement should also consider provisions for the indemnification of the provider agency and its personnel, e.g., life, health, and liability insurance.
Whether the agency operates under existing legislation or a mutual aid agreement, it should have a plan for providing or receiving aid in critical incident situations. The plan should assess the extent of aid that could be provided while maintaining adequate law enforcement coverage in the service area. The types and amounts of major resources should be estimated and their locations listed. Planning should also involve liaison with other agencies (non-government organizations (NGO), social service organizations, institutions of higher education, school districts, medical facilities, and private entities) that may be involved when mutual aid is invoked. (O O O O)
- Change Notice 5.5 (March 20, 2009)
- Change Notice 5.8 (March 26, 2010)
Effective March 2010 the Commission revised Standards for Law Enforcement Agencies - Standard 2.1.3, removing the language "In the absence of controlling legislation." Agencies that previously carried the standard as Not Applicable by Function because of controlling legislation should review this standard carefully prior to the next assessment. Agencies will no longer have the option of classifying the standard as Not Applicable by Function because of the existence of such legislation. If the respective state law(s) does not meet all the bullets in Standard 2.1.3 compliance may be achieved by coupling existing legislation with internal directives. CALEA agencies should also consider which neighboring agencies would likely be able to enter into such agreements. And, agency representatives are reminded that this is an "other-than-mandatory" standard.
There has been some concern expressed by limited numbers of agencies, particularly campus police having statewide jurisdiction or agencies located in metropolitan areas, that future assessment teams might decide an agency must have mutual aid agreements with all neighboring agencies before compliance is achieved. It should be noted, there is no intent for this to be the case. The intent of the standard is for the agency to consider mutual aid agreements in its overall emergency management planning.
Neighboring law enforcement agencies and non-governmental organizations can be valuable assets in times of emergencies that exceed the capacity of the primary agency to respond. The agency should consider entering into mutual aid agreements with neighboring agencies that are likely to enhance the agency's capacity in its overall emergency management planning. While the standard states "agencies" and "agreements" (plural), there is no requirement stated in the standard to have an agency enter into agreements with all contiguous jurisdictions or a specified number of neighboring agencies within a specific geographic area. The agency does have some latitude in deciding which nearby agencies complement its emergency planning and mutual aid efforts. |
CALEA Standards
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The Standards Review and Interpretation Committee (SRIC) has posted Standards for Campus Law Enforcement Agencies and Standards for Campus Security Agencies for client review and feedback until October 1. The standards can be found in the CALEA Forum II's SRIC Section. The committee will review the comments and make final recommendations at the November 2010 Conference in Garden Grove, CA. CALEA Forum II is located in the Forum Section of the CALEA Online. Please post comments no later than October 1, 2010. Contact Associate Director Jim Brown with questions at 703-352-4225 x26.
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In coming weeks, the latest Standard Manual Change Notice for agencies in the CALEA Public Safety Communications Accreditation Program will be available. The download will be located in the Client Section of CALEA Online website. CALEA will send an email to all client agencies when the notice has been posted. Please note: There were no standards changes from the Las Vegas Conference for the Law Enforcement, Public Safety Training Academy, and CALEA Recognition Programs.
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CALEA Accreditation Compliance Express(CACE)
 Coming Soon--CACE-Communications Users with an active CACE Update Service plan can download the latest update to CALEA Standards via the CALEA website. For more information, contact CALEA staff member Linda Phillips.
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ATTENTION CALEA CLIENTS
CALEA has been actively involved in a strategic planning process that has resulted in several new initiatives. These initiatives will likely have direct impacts on future training for assessors and team leaders. Subsequently, the new assessor and team leader training classes have been suspended until the special projects are completed. This will reduce any retraining that may be necessary as a result of the strategic initiatives CALEA is currently undertaking. We anticipate new assessor and team leader training to resume in 2011.
For additional information regarding this issue, please contact CALEA Deputy Director Craig Hartley. |
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 CALEA FORUM II is an electronic discussion forum where CALEA Clients can post specific questions or seek advice from others in the accreditation community. CALEA Client personnel can view the forum after logging into the website. The following is a list of recent thread postings: -
16.1.2 Workload Assessments other than Patrol
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Re-Engineering the CALEA Accreditation Process
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Job Description
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K9 Waiver
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Lock Down Procedure
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On-Line Report Access Vendors
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Agency's method for shift briefing
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Policy Manual Organization
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Policies on Social Media/Social Networking
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Re-Engineering the CALEA Accreditation
As a part of CALEA's strategic planning initiative and in response to listening to client suggestions, CALEA has been working diligently for the past eight months to re-engineer the reaccreditation process. A focus group of practitioners that included CEOs, active team leaders and assessors, accreditation managers, and PAC representation was assembled in the form of an Ad Hoc Committee. The group has met several times at CALEA headquarters and via teleconferencing since the beginning of 2010. A proposed new process for reaccreditation on-sites was presented to the full Commission at the Las Vegas Conference. The Commission was very excited about the proposal and approved the release of it to CALEA clients for feedback. Please review the proposal and provide feedback by 9/30/2010. Please feel free to post to this thread or email your comments directly to Program Manager Christie Goddard at cgoddard@calea.org. |
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Jobs
Current listings on CALEA website
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Message to CALEA Client Personnel In early 2010, CALEA Staff began using a new software package called Accreditation Management System (AMS). AMS is a very innovative, intuitive, and robust system that assists CALEA with the management of the accreditation process and provides staff the ability to correspond with client personnel electronically from within the program. The items transmitted include requirements and documentations for upcoming on-site assessments, annual report reminders, and assessor reports and forms. All messages from AMS are sent from the email address of calea@calea.org. Because of the potential that you or someone from your agency will receive messages from us in the future, please check your computer and network settings to ensure that our mail address (also our domain name: @calea.org) is not deleted or filtered into a "junk" or "bulk" folder. If you are unsure of how to view or adjust your email control settings, please contact your network administrator for assistance. Thank you for the continued support of the Commission. |
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YES WE MOVED!
CALEA's New Address is:
13575 Heathcote Boulevard, Suite 320
Gainesville, Virginia 20155
(703) 352-4225
FAX (703) 890-3126
www.calea.org
calea@calea.org
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