Professionalism, stewardship, integrity, diversity, independence, continuous improvement, objectivity, credibility, consistency, knowledge, experience, accountability, and collaboration are the primary cornerstones that distinguishes CALEA from all other forms of public safety accreditation. |
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A Roadmap Toward Consolidated Communications
Robert Greenlaw, Managing Member,
Public Safety Consultants, LLC.
Former CALEA Commissioner
The following article was first published in the March 2012 issue of InCommand, the magazine of the Ohio Fire Chiefs' Association, and is reprinted here with permission. More.
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Consular Notification and Access - It's the Right Thing to Do
 Wallis Anne Doerge, Consular Notification Officer at the U. S. State Department, has provided information on what steps a law enforcement agency must take when it is dealing with a foreign national. More.
The State Department recently released an updated training video to illustrate the importance of prompt consular notification and access. Click here to view the 12-minute film.
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GOLD STANDARD ASSESSMENT
Thinking of trying the Gold Standard Assessment for your next Accreditation On-site?
Read what Calcasieu Parish E911 Accreditation Manager Julie Jones had to say about her recent GSA...read more.
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 Program Manager's Corner
A significant change to the Standards for Law Enforcement Agencies, Chapter 3, Contractual Agreements for Law Enforcement Serviceswas approved at the March 2012 CALEA Conference in Mobile, Alabama. The Commission removed the language in the Chapter 3 Introduction that made the standards applicable only to agreements that include payment of fees to the provider agency. The chapter is now applicable to agreements that provide law enforcement services with or without a fee.
This change should cause agencies to check the status of all existing written agreements for law enforcement services. If the agency is providing law enforcement services to another agency, jurisdiction, or entity the chapter will now be applicable regardless of fee status.
Once the status of all existing written agreements is determined, consideration of any law enforcement services currently being conducted by verbal agreement should also be examined to come within the scope of this chapter and implement written agreements as appropriate.
Agencies should contact their Regional Program Manager with any questions about the application of this change. |
Agency Spotlight -
Willowbrook Police Department
Mark Shelton, Chief of Police
The Willowbrook, Illinois Police Department is an A-size agency with 20 sworn and three full-time civilian staff, and has been CALEA Law Enforcement Accredited since November 1991. The department was recently reaccredited for the sixth time at the March 2012 conference in Mobile, Alabama, and was awarded Advanced Law Enforcement Accreditation with Excellence. It was awarded Flagship status the previous two reaccreditations. The CALEA standards have long guided the operations and management of the department and have become ingrained in the way it everyday conducts business. Read more. |
Join us for the Summer CALEA Conference in SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA! 
The Summer 2012 CALEA Conference will be held at the Talking Stick Resort in Scottsdale, Arizona, July 18-21.
See the following link to the Scottsdale Conference for hotel and registration information: https://conference0712.calea.org.
CACE Laboratory
This will be the last time the CACE Laboratory training class will be offered at a CALEA Conference. Starting soon, CALEA Information Technology Cordinator Linda Phillips will be offering regularly scheduled webinar training on using the CACE (CALEA Accreditation Compliance Express) software. The class size will be limited so that personal attention can be given to attendees.
This new training format provides many distinct advantages for CACE users: the training is free to all CALEA clients; multiple users from same agency can enroll; can work on their own familiar equipment where agency's CACE program has been installed; don't have to wait for a conference to take training; and time at the conference can be spent in other useful training classes.
An announcement of the new CACE Lab webinars will be sent to clients and included in this newsletter when the final arrangements are complete.
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 Spring CALEA Conference
Accreditation Awards - Mobile, Alabama
The Spring CALEA Conference was a rousing sucess! A special thanks goes to Chief Micheal T. Williams and the Mobile Police Department, particularly Major Kara L. Rose and the Host Committee, for all their efforts and hard work that went into hosting this conference.
Congradulations to all the agencies that received their awards. See the list here. |
Maryland Transportation Authority Police Force Receives CALEA TRI-ARC Excellence Award. More
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The Making of a 911 Operator
Linda Johnson, CALEA Assessor
911 Operators have a dramatic impact on individuals every day, as evidenced by the following true story, which was shared with me during a recent CALEA on-site assessment of the Lowndes County 911 Center in Valdosta, Georgia. It is a tribute to telecommunicators everywhere! More
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Agency News
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PAC News
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Career Opportunities
The latest job announcements are posted on the CALEA Website. Click Here to view the postings.
2012 CALEA Agency Support Fund (CASF) Recipients
Canton (MS) Police Department, led by Chief Vickie M. McNeill
Rayne (LA) Police Department, led by Chief Carroll Stelly
Welcome to CALEA!
Between January 1 and March 31, 2012, the following agencies joined the CALEA family by signing initial Agreements.
LAW ENFORCEMENT ACCREDITATION:
Albany (GA) Police Department Controle Routier Quebec - Societe de L'Assurance Du Quebec (QC) Cumberland (MD) Police Department Gulfport (MS) Police Department Harrison (OH) Police Department Newton (NH) Police Department Speedway (IN) Police Department Suffolk (VA) Police Department University of South Carolina Upstate Police Department COMMUNICATIONS ACCREDITATION:
Cape Coral (FL) Police Department |
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Standards
At its March 2012 meeting in Mobile, Alabama, the Standards Review and Interpretation Committee (SRIC) approved the following changes:
Law Enforcement Standards
- Approved revision to standard 1.2.4 Constitutional requirements.
- Approved revision to Chapter 3 Introduction (See Program Manager's Cornor above).
- Approved new Commission Interpretation for 31.2.1 recruitment plans.
- Removed 53.1.1 from the Tier 1 Accreditation program.
Communications Standard 3.2.5
3.2.5 A written directive describes the agency policy regarding physical examinations or annual hearing or vision tests for employees.
Also at the March meeting SRIC reviewed the request from a Communications client to consider deleting the word "annual" from the above standard. When staff began researching the historical data for this standard they found that the word "annual" was deleted in an earlier action by the Commission.
The Standards for Public Safety Communications Agencies will be updated to reflect this change after the July CALEA Conference.
SRIC also considered a number of proposed amendments to standards. These ammendments have been posted on the CALEA website for client review and comment. CALEA Accreditation Compliance Express (CACE) CACE updates will be available shortly to users of the law enforcement program. Please note you must be the CACE point of contact and logged into the website to view the information. CALEA Assessors
Information and forms for Assessors 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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