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This survey instrument is provided as a means of soliciting information on how CALEA can improve its programs, processes and/or service delivery strategies. The form can also be used for submitting feedback on the benefits of CALEA Accreditation programming. All survey feedback is completely anonymous, but information provided through this tool may be used by CALEA in open meetings and may be released for the purpose of marketing enhancements. Your thoughts, comments, and suggestions are of tremendous value as CALEA continuously strives to remain the Gold Standard for public safety agencies and the preeminent leader in professional public safety accreditation services.
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 Creating a Police Quality Management System
As indicated by CALEA, the purpose of its Accreditation Programs is "to improve the delivery of public safety services, primarily by: maintaining a body of standards, developed by public safety practitioners, covering a wide range of up-to-date public safety initiatives; establishing and administering an accreditation process; and recognizing professional excellence." To complement its compliance with CALEA's body of internationally accepted standards and to enhance its organizational performance, the Surprise, Arizona Police Department (SPD) is also innovatively applying international business management standards. More
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 Communications Open
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Become a 9-1-1 Call Center Partner with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC)
Editorial Note: As a CALEA Partner, APCO International pens the Communications Open Channel column, which focuses on topics of interest to our clients, particularly those in the Public Safety Communications Accreditation Program. More |
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Wayne County Airport Authority Achieves Law Enforcement and Fire Accreditation
 Wayne County Airport Authority (WCAA), operator of Detroit Metropolitan Airport and Willow Run Airport in Michigan, is the only airport authority in the nation to have both accredited police and fire divisions. The Airport Authority's Police Division received its initial CALEA® Law Enforcement Accreditation in December 2008, and was reaccredited in November 2011. In August 2011 the Fire Division received its initial Center for Fire Accreditation International (CFAI) accreditation award. More
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Program Managers Corner
Managing the CALEA Assessment and Presentation Timeline
CALEA accreditation programs are voluntary and are specifically designed to support agencies in the pursuit of professional excellence. As such, it is important that CALEA programming include flexibility to address the various circumstances that impact each agency's ability to participate. More |
Accreditation Works!
"It's Just The Way We Do Business"
 The Clark County (WA) Sheriff's Office (CCSO) has been CALEA Law Enforcement Accredited since November 1986; becoming the first CALEA accredited sheriff's office on the western seaboard. Since then Clark County has been joined by many other west coast sheriff and police departments in achieving accreditation. In 2011 the CCSO received its eighth consecutive CALEA award. More |
 Mobile CALEA ConferenceCheck it Out!
The Spring 2012 CALEA Conference will be held in Mobile, Alabama, March 21-24. The conference hotel is the Renaissance Riverview Plaza Hotel. See the CALEA website for registration, workshop and training schedules, and other conference activities. More |
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Congratulations!
Congratulations to Commissioner Debra Baker on her recent appointment to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, Deputy Superintendent of Administration for the New Jersey State Police. |
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Agency News
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Congratulations!
Congratulations to DuPage County (IL) Sheriff John E. Zaruba who was recently sworn in as the president of the Illinois Sheriffs' Association. The DuPage County Sheriff's Office has been Law Enforcement Accredited since July 1990.
PAC News
For a list of accreditation support networks click Here
The new president of the State of Ohio Accreditation Resources (SOAR) is Sergeant Brian Uhl, Springfield Township (OH) Police Department and the secretary is Accreditation Manager Christina Shaw, Xenia (OH) Police Department.
Michael Dellinger, Durham (NC) Emergency Communications Center, is the president of the North Carolina Law Enforcement Accreditation Network (NCLEAN).
Career Opportunities
The latest job announcements are posted on the CALEA Website. Click Here to view the postings. |
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The Standards
The Change Notices for all accreditiation progams can be found on the CALEA website under the Clients tab. Please note you must be a CALEA client and logged into the website to view the information.
Client comments on a number of proposed amendments to standards posted on the CALEA website have been collected and will be provided to SRIC at its March meeting in Mobile, Alabama.
CALEA Accreditation Compliance Express (CACE)
CACE updates are available to users of the law enforcement, communications, training academy, and campus security programs. Please note you must be the CACE point of contact and logged into the website to view the information.
CALEA Assessors
Standards changes can be found on the CALEA website under the Assessors tab. Please note you must be a CALEA Assessor and logged into the website to view the information. |
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