Summer CALEA Awards

The Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. (CALEA^®) is pleased to announce the successful awarding of CALEA Accreditation/Recognition to 89 public safety agencies.  These agencies received their awards on July 31, 2010 at CALEA’s Summer Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. 

The awards signify the agencies have successfully met a body of internationally recognized professional standards in one of four public safety credentialing programs offered by CALEA: Law Enforcement Accreditation, Public Safety Communications Accreditation, Public Safety Training Academy Accreditation, and Law Enforcement Recognition.  There are CALEA Awarded agencies in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.     

CALEA was established as an independent accrediting authority in 1979 by the four major law enforcement executive 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). 

CALEA’s mission is to establish a body of standards designed to increase agency effectiveness and efficiency in the delivery of public safety services.  And, CALEA establishes and administers a series of accreditation programs through which public safety agencies can demonstrate voluntarily that they meet an estab­lished set of professionally recognized standards leading to excellence in management and service delivery. 

The CALEA Accreditation/Recognition process is a proven modern management model.  Once implemented, it provides an agency’s chief executive officer, on a continuing basis, with a blueprint that promotes the efficient use of resources and improves service delivery - regardless of the size, geographic location, or functional responsibilities of the agency.  The standards upon which CALEA’s programs are based reflect the best thinking and experience of contemporary public safety practitioners and researchers.  The standards are considered benchmarks for today's public safety agencies. 

Agencies receive their awards after participating in a process that involves a commitment of personnel and other resources.  The process can take up to 36 months for law enforcement agencies seeking Accreditation.  Communications and training agencies, as well as agencies seeking Law Enforcement Recognition, take up to 24 months.  During this period, all aspects of the agency’s policies, procedures, management, operations and support services are examined in detail.  In addition, each agency conducts a detailed self-assessment and participates in an on-site review by a team of outside CALEA Assessors, composed of experienced public safety practitioners.  The local community is also notified of the process and given an opportunity to submit their comments and observations. 

Below are the agencies that received awards at the 2010 CALEA Summer Conference.  The number in parenthesis after each agency indicates the number of awards the agency has received to date.

The agencies receiving Law Enforcement Accreditation Awards were:

The agencies receiving Public Safety Communications Accreditation Awards were:

One agency received the CALEA’s Public Safety Training Academy Accreditation Award: NASA Federal Law Enforcement Training Academy (2). 

Three agencies received CALEA Recognition Awards: Queen Anne's County (MD) Sheriff's Department (1); Cornwall Community (Ontario) Police Service (1); and, Waynesboro (TN) Police Department (2).

Two New Jersey agencies received CALEA Recognition Through Alliance: Borough of Closter Police Department (1); and, Princeton Township Police Department (1)