Accreditation with Excellence
At the outset of 2011, the Commission announced the establishment of a new award for agencies enrolled in CALEA Accreditation programming. The intent of this award is to provide agencies an opportunity to be further recognized for the effective use of accreditation as a model for enhanced public safety service delivery. The new award, entitled Accreditation with Excellence, is open to all agencies enrolled in any accreditation program at any level.
The criteria for the Accreditation with Excellence Award are:
- Demonstrated excellence in the development and implementation of contemporary policy and procedure.
- Demonstrated excellence in the ability to use the CALEA Accreditation process as a tool for continuous organizational improvement.
- Demonstrated excellence in the collection, review and analysis of organizational data for the purpose of public safety service improvement.
- Demonstrated advocacy for CALEA Accreditation as a strategy for enhancing the professional standing of public safety.
- Demonstrated excellence in addressing the intent of CALEA standards, beyond compliance.
- Demonstrated organizational culture supportive of CALEA Accreditation.
- Accreditation assessment demonstrating standards compliance and accreditation process success.
Additionally, the following technical criteria must be met by the agency for consideration:
- Must have a minimum of two previous consecutive accreditation awards.
- Must not have conditions or noncompliance issues on most recent past award.
- Must not have noncompliance issues, or be recommended for conditions on current assessment.
- Current Assessment Report must have limited file maintenance and applied discretion issues.
- Current Assessment Report must not have issues involving life, safety, and security standards.
- Must not currently be affected by issues that detract from the tenets or goals of accreditation.
This award will be determined by the Commission and will be presented during the CALEA Awards Banquet. To be considered, candidate agencies must complete an application that can be found below. The application must be submitted to the respective agency's assigned program manager three months prior to the agency's assessment. The assessment team will then use the information included in the application as a resource when conducting the accreditation assessment and report on relative issues for consideration by the Commission.
The Commission will review the application along with the assessment report and render a decision concerning agencies to be awarded. Agency representatives will be advised of the Review Committee's recommendation to the full Commission regarding the award following the Review Committee presentations. Awarded agencies will be announced during the CALEA Awards Banquet.
The Accreditation with Excellence Award attaches to the agency's Accreditation Award for a period of three years. Agencies must reapply for the award each time they are assessed for reaccreditation. For more information go to Clients Forms and Document Section of CALEA.org or contact your assigned program manager.
We look forward to working with agencies as they demonstrate their commitment to: CALEA Accreditation - The Gold Standard in Public Safety.
CALEA Accreditation with Excellence Application Form
