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June 15, 2007 |
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Commissioner News
Staff News
Agency News
PAC
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Conference News
Publications
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Magazines
Upcoming Events
CALEA Client Information
Jobs
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Commissioner Robert Greenlaw recently accepted the position as Director
of the Blaine County Emergency Communications Center in Hailey, Idaho.
Commissioner
Greenlaw has over
40 years of public safety and emergency management experience
and was the first CALEA
Commissioner to represent the growing Public Safety Communications
Accreditation Program. Commissioner
Greenlaw serves on the Commission’s Executive Board as Secretary
and chairperson for Agency Review Committee “D.”
 CALEA Commissioner Mary Ann Viverette retired
as Chief of Police for the city of Gaithersburg, Maryland on May 18,
2007. Mr.
John A. King
will replace her as Gaithersburg’s Chief of Police.
Commissioner
Viverette began her law enforcement career in 1978 as a deputy with the
Montgomery County (MD) Sheriff’s Office before joining the Gaithersburg
(MD) Police Department a year later. She was appointed to the position
of Chief of Police in 1986 and under her leadership; the department was
initially CALEA Accredited in 1993. Commissioner Viverette was appointed
to the CALEA Board in May 2002 and is currently the chairperson of the
Standards Review and Interpretation Committee and a member of Agency
Review Committee “D.” Good luck to Commissioner Viverette and best
wishes in her retirement.
CALEA is pleased to announce the hiring of Ms.
Lorena Singer as CALEA's Mexico Field Representative. Ms. Singer
has 23 years of experience in the field of public safety and is a
knowledgeable and experienced CALEA Assessor who has conducted many
successful on-site assessments in the United States, as well as in
Mexico. She will provide accreditation support to Mexican public safety agencies in Spanish and is available to answer questions and
provide support by phone to Mexican agencies and CALEA Program Managers.
She will also be available at CALEA Conferences to assist agencies with
training. Her CALEA email address is
lsinger@calea.org. Welcome aboard Lorena Singer!
Recently CALEA staff members Linda Phillips, Dennis Hyater,
and Stephen Mitchell achieved milestones with CALEA.
May
2007 marks Information Technology Coordinator
Linda L. Phillips 25th year of service. Ms. Phillips joined CALEA in 1982 as a
secretary after working for the Department of Army. Currently, she
manages CALEA’s computer operations and data processing and provides
technical support for the CALEA Accreditation Compliance Express (CACE)
Program. She enjoys reading a good book, stamping her own greeting
cards, and relaxing at her beach cottage on the Outer Banks in North
Carolina.
 Program Manager Dennis M. Hyater celebrated
his 15th year of service. Mr. Hyater was hired in 1992,
after serving 28 years with the Metropolitan Police Department, in
Washington DC. He has worn many hats since joining CALEA including:
conference training coordinator; instructor for new and refresher
assessor training, accreditation manager training, and introduction to
the CALEA Process; SRIC Coordinator; and staff liaison for Agency Review
Committee “C” and Awards Committee, as well as providing assistance to
client agencies with interpretations of the CALEA Standards and Process.
In his spare time, he enjoys golf and carpentry.
 Program Manager Stephen W. Mitchell also
celebrated his 15th year with CALEA. He has been with CALEA
since May 1992, following his retirement from the City of Fairfax,
Virginia Police Department with the rank of lieutenant. As a Program
Manager, Mr. Mitchell provides technical assistance to agencies in the
CALEA Accreditation Process, teaches New Accreditation Manager and
Reaccreditation Management Training, and coordinates the Commission’s
Outreach Committee and Agency Review Committee “B” at CALEA Conferences.
During his leisure time, he likes to fish and explore the outdoors.
CALEA thanks and congratulations these Staff Members on
their achievement!
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CALEA Agency News
Colonel James W. Johnson was named the new Police
Chief in Baltimore County, Maryland. Baltimore County Police Department
has been CALEA Accredited since November 1984.
The new Chief of Police for Culpeper (Virginia) Police
Department is Mr. Scott Barlow. Culpeper Police Department has
been CALEA Accredited since March 2005.
Mr. Klay Peterson is the new Chief of Police for the
University of South Carolina Upstate Police Department. The University
Police Department is currently in the initial self-assessment phase of
the CALEA Recognition Program.
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Police Accreditation Coalition (PACs) News
A directory of all PACs is located in the CALEA Client section,
click here to view
list.
Ms. Blythe B. Frausto of the Arizona State University Police
Department is the new President for the Arizona Police Accreditation
Coalition (AZPAC).
Sergeant Donald Jones of the Lemont (IL) Police Department is the
new Illinois Police Accreditation Coalition (IPAC) President.
Program Manager Karen Shepard will provide training on the new
CALEA Final Report format at the IPAC meeting in Rosemont, Illinois on June 20th.
Click here for
additional information.
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 The
CALEA Conference in Montreal, Quebec (July 25-28, 2007) is
registered as an official event by Canada’s Border Services Agency. As a
registered Canadian Event, conference attendees may be eligible for a
rebate of the goods and service tax (GST) and the harmonized sales tax (HST),
for further information visit the
CRA website. To assist attendees
travel to and from Montreal, the Border Services Agency suggests
conference attendees carry a copy of the “Border to Show”
letter as proof the conference is an
officially Canadian registered meeting.
Click here to
download a copy of the “Border to Show” letter.
The tentative Montreal Conference Agenda and
Training Workshop Summaries have been posted on CALEA Online.
Click Here
to view the agenda and
here
for the workshop summaries.
The Conference Hotel is the Fairmont Queen
Elizabeth Hotel. Attendees can assure their hotel accommodations
online by clicking the following links--
Hotel cancellation policy is 48 hours from day of arrival. Rooms are
based upon availability, and the hotel must receive reservation request
no later than June 23, 2007.
CALEA Conferences
are open to CALEA Clients and non-CALEA Clients. Please note: all
conference attendees must be registered and only individuals with an
official name badge will be admitted to conference workshops and
meetings.
Click here to
register online.
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 The
Standards for Public Safety Communications Agencies, 2nd
Edition manual is now available. All CALEA Clients in the Public
Safety Communications Program will receive two complimentary copies of
the manual. Additional copies can be purchased from the
CALEA Online Store
or by calling CALEA at 800-368-3757. The
price is $30.00 per manual, plus shipping and handling.
The 2006 CALEA Annual Report is now available! CALEA
is a private, nonprofit, tax-exempt (501[c]3) corporation and each year
 generates a corporate annual report. The report
includes the annual financial audit, as well as a summary of the year’s
significant events and activities.
Click here to view the 2006
Corporate Annual Report.
The latest
CALEA Update magazine (June 2007-Issue 94) is posted in the
News and Publications section.
Click here for the
June Issue.
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The Community Development Corporation, in conjunction with the
Genesis Organization, will hold a community awareness meeting on
ways and means a community may enhance its capacity to effectively
address the perception and/or reality of crime/safety. The topic of
review will be CALEA. CALEA Program Manager Christie Goddard will
be present to answer questions concerning CALEA Process and Programs.
The date of the event is Tuesday, June 19, 2007, 5:00 PM at the
Austintown Fitch High School, 4560 Falcon Drive, Austintown, Ohio, 44515.
Executive Director
Sylvester Daughtry and Program Managers Christie Goddard
and Maya Mitchell will be in attendance for the 2007 National
Sheriffs’ Association 2007 Annual Conference and Exhibition, June
23-27, 2007, in Salt Lake City, Utah. The Program Managers will be on
hand in the Exhibition Hall (Booth Number 603), to answer
questions about CALEA and the Accreditation Process. Executive Director
Daughtry will participate in honoring this year's NSA “Triple Crown
Award” recipients during the conference’s General Session II. The
“Triple Crown Award” tributes agencies that have achieved accreditation
from CALEA, the American Correctional Association, and the National
Commission on Correctional Health Care. On Tuesday, June 26th at 3:00
pm, CALEA will moderate a panel discussion titled “CALEA
Accreditation from a Sheriff's Perspective.” Panel participants
will be prominent sheriffs from CALEA Accredited Agencies and audience
members will have the opportunity to ask the panel questions about the
CALEA Accreditation Process.
Click here for more
NSA Conference information.
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CALEA Client Information
 CALEA
PROCESS AND PROGRAMS GUIDE
Published in January 2007, the new CALEA Process and
Programs Guide (CPPG) is the instructional
manual for CALEA’s credentialing programs, no matter what edition of the
CALEA Standards an agency is using. CPPG replaces, in their entirety,
the Accreditation Process Book (1995), the
Self-Assessment Manual (1996), and the Assessor Manual (1997)
for all CALEA Programs.
CPPG can be purchase through the
CALEA Online Store.
The price is $40.00 per manual, plus shipping and handling.
CACE News
The 2nd Edition
upgrade to the CALEA Accreditation Compliance Express-Communications (CACE-C)
is in the final stages of development and will be available to agencies
under a current CACE-C Service Agreement. The “Launch Date” is set for
June 15, 2007. CALEA will send agency designated CACE Managers
instructions on where and how to download the upgrade.
Please
note:
agencies in the Communications
Accreditation Program should wait until the agency is ready to convert
to 2nd edition communications standards before downloading this update.
Contact your CALEA Program Manager, if you are unsure when the 2nd
edition standards conversion should occur.
Coming
in July CACE 2.0!
CALEA MEETING
MINUTES
CALEA Clients can
review the SRIC and Full Business Minutes from all CALEA
Conferences including the March 2007 CALEA Conference in Greensboro,
North Carolina. To view,
click here.
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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. The
following is a list of recent thread postings:
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24 Hour Availability
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Accreditation Maintenance
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Applicability of Chapter 71
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Awareness Level Guidelines
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Bomb Standard Operating Procedures
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Dedicated Driving Facility
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DNA Evidence Collection
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Drug Recognition Expert
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Firearms Qualifications
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Firearms Range Construction
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Interview Rooms
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Officer Residency Program
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Physical Assessment
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Presentations by Employees
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Seizing Computer Equipment
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Tattoo Policy for Personnel
Click here
to log in.
Revised Agency Profile Questionnaires for all CALEA Programs can
be downloaded by CALEA Clients from the
Agency Forms and
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Jobs
Current listings on CALEA web site
(following
click here to view
all jobs listed).
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