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NEWS RELEASE October 3, 2001 The Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. (CALEA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Chief of Police Ron Ace, Concord, California, to a three-year term as CALEA Commissioner, effective January 1, 2002. The Concord Police Department was accredited earlier this year to become the seventh California law enforcement agency to attain this level of professional excellence. CALEA was established as an independent accrediting authority in 1979 by the four major law enforcement membership associations: International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP); National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE); National Sheriffs' Association (NSA); and Police Executive Research Forum (PERF). The Executive Directors of these four associations appoint members to the Commission annually. The Commission has 21 members; 11 members are law enforcement practitioners; the remaining 10 members are from the public and private sectors. The position is voluntary with Commissioners appointed to a term of three years. The Commission meets three times each year. CALEA’s purpose and mission is two-fold. First, to establish a body of standards designed to (a) increase public safety agency capabilities to prevent and control crime; (b) increase agency effectiveness and efficiency in the delivery of public safety services; (c) increase cooperation and coordination with other public safety agencies; and (d) increase citizen and employee confidence in the goals, objectives, policies, and practices of the public safety agency. Second, to establish and administer a series of accreditation and recognition programs through which public safety agencies can demonstrate voluntarily that they meet an established set of professionally recognized criteria for excellence in management and service delivery. Chief Ace is currently in his 27th year as a law enforcement official. He began his career as a deputy sheriff for the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office in 1974 and was hired by the Concord Police Department as a police officer in 1975. He worked his way up the ranks to the position of Chief in 1999. In 1991 he was designated Officer of the Year. His department has 162 sworn officers and 65 full-time civilian employees. In addition, he has 62 part-time employees and 60 volunteers. During his career, he earned certificates and awards from the California POST, the Senior Management Institute for Police, the Northern California Juvenal Officer’s Association and the Association of California School Administrators. He is currently a member of the International Association of Police Chiefs (IACP), the California Police Chiefs Association, the Contra Costa County Police Chiefs Association and the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF). We congratulate and welcome Chief Ace to the Commission. Source:
Sylvester Daughtry Jr., Executive Director, CALEA, Fairfax, VA - (800) 368-3757
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