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NEWS RELEASE United
States Attorney General John Ashcroft to Speak at CALEA’s Summer Conference The Missouri Law Enforcement Accreditation Coalition (MOLEAC) will host the annual CALEA (Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc.) Summer Conference July 25-28, 2001, at the Adams Mark Hotel-St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri and is pleased and honored to announce that Attorney General John Ashcroft will address the attendees on Thursday, July 26. Approximately 800 attendees from law enforcement agencies throughout the United States and Canada are expected to attend. The Commission will review and vote on candidate agencies for accreditation, recognition or certification. Attendees can also take advantage of a myriad of valuable training workshops dealing with law enforcement issues. The culmination of the conference is the awards celebration banquet Saturday evening, July 28. The Commission was established as an independent accrediting authority in 1979 by four major law enforcement executive associations, which represent about 80 percent of the United States law enforcement profession. They are the International Association of Chiefs of Police; the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives; the National Sheriffs’ Association; and the Police Executive Research Forum, all which continue to serve in an advisory capacity. The Commission has 21 members – 11 of whom are law enforcement affiliates and 10 from the public and private sectors. The Commission was established for two reasons: to develop a set of law enforcement standards; and to establish and administer an accreditation process through which law enforcement agencies could demonstrate voluntarily that they meet professionally-recognized criteria for excellence in management and service delivery. Over the years, programs have been added to accommodate other types of agencies, beginning with the Certification Program for the communications, court security, internal affairs, property and evidence, and training functions of agencies; and The Public Safety Communications Accreditation Program for Public Safety Communications centers. Most recently, the Recognition Program, which is tailored for smaller law enforcement agencies; and an Alliance Program that establishes a formal working relationship between CALEA and state/province credentialing organizations have been offered. Over 1,400 agencies are in the CALEA process in one stage or another with more than 500 in the United States, Canada, and Barbados having the honor of being accredited, certified or recognized. In the United States, that represents approximately 23 percent of all full-time state or local law enforcement officers. MOLEAC is the twenty-seventh coalition of its kind in the nation. Consisting of Missouri law enforcement agencies currently involved in, or considering accreditation through CALEA, the coalition has grown from its inception to twenty full-time members, including four of the five largest police agencies in the state. More information regarding the meeting and the Commission can be accessed from web site www.calea.org or telephone 1-800-368-3757. Sylvester
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