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Fee Reduction Announced
for Multiple Accreditations
Sylvester Daughtry, Jr., Executive Director
At the Summer CALEA Conference in
Lexington, Kentucky, the Commission addressed the issue of reducing initial
accreditation fees for those CALEA Law Enforcement Accredited agencies seeking
Communications and/or Training Academy Accreditation.
I am pleased to announce that
effective immediately, a reduced fee schedule was approved by the Commission.
Law Enforcement Accredited agencies that wish to enter their components into
either the Public Safety Communications and/or the Public Safety Training
Academy Accreditation Programs are eligible for a one time 40% reduction in the
current initial administrative fees for each program.
This latest action taken by the
Commission follows a substantial list of new initiatives and activities
instituted over the past several years to enhance and expand services to CALEA
clients. As an answer to that proverbial question “What have you done for me
lately?” I offer the following:
- Introduced the CALEA
Recognition Program, designed for smaller agencies, and the Public Safety
Training Academy Accreditation Program.
- Launched a number of special
awards programs (Flagship Agency, Meritorious Agency, Bittner and Cotter
Awards, TRI-ARC Excellence, and Assessor Certificates of Appreciation) to
recognize outstanding agencies, Chief Executive Officers, and CALEA
Assessors.
- Developed the CALEA Agency
Support Fund (CASF) to provide grants to qualified, smaller agencies seeking
initial accreditation.
- The Standards for Law
Enforcement Agencies, 5th Edition and the
Recognition Standards for Law Enforcement Agencies, 2nd
Edition were published. A revision to the Standards for Public Safety
Communications Agencies, along with a new publication entitled CALEA
Process and Programs Guide, is in the works.
- A new DVD, CALEA: In
Pursuit of Excellence, was recently released presenting an
overview of the Law Enforcement Accreditation Process, with a comparable
version for the Public Safety Communications Accreditation Program coming
soon.
- Two new software programs
were developed to streamline the administrative management aspects of the
accreditation process: the CALEA Accreditation Compliance Express (CACE)
Program for agencies and the Electronic Assessment Reporting System (EARS)
Program for CALEA Assessors.
- And finally, in conjunction
with this opening announcement, the on-site administrative fee was
reduced in 2001, and, more importantly, CALEA’s fee schedules have not
increased since 1993, an aspect not found with many other budget items!
CALEA is proud of these programs
and accomplishments, and expresses its thanks to all our member agencies and
their employees for their efforts and continued support.
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