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CALEA Announces CASF Grant Program for First-Time Agencies
At its 2003 Summer Conference, the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. (CALEA,) approved the creation of the CALEA Agency Support Fund (CASF). The purpose of the CASF is to award grants to selected agencies seeking initial accreditation in law enforcement, public safety communications, and public safety training, which are unable to do so due to lack of adequate funds.
Any agency that meets the CALEA established criteria for participating in any of CALEA's accreditation programs is eligible to apply for a grant. However, the grants are primarily directed at agencies with 50 or less full-time employees at the time of application. Under this grant program, eligible agencies win receive a waiver of the administrative portion of their initial accreditation fees. On-site fees will not be waived.
Agencies applying for consideration must: (1) be seeking initial accreditation; and, (2) be legally constituted state, province, county, or local governmental entities with a mandated responsibility to enforce laws, provide public safety communications services or provide public safety training. Agencies selected to receive a grant will be required to pay an application fee of $250 for law enforcement agencies and $200 for public safety communications agencies and public safety training academies. For more information about the CALEA Agency Support Fund, contact Executive Director Sylvester Daughtry, Jr. at (800) 368-3757, extension 31, or Planning/Research Coordinator Reginald Newell, extension 39, or visit our website at www.calea.org.
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