Challenges of Small Agencies

Richard W. Myers Commission Chair

The media is awash these days with observations about the challenges that smaller agencies face. One national publication recently wrote about the difficulty for smaller agencies to attract the top quality police applicant. In the wake of the Ferguson, MO incident, a commissioned study conducted by the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) concluded that the many municipalities throughout the metropolitan statistical area of St. Louis should move to consolidate some of the small police agencies into existing or new regional agencies.  Read On

Sean Kelly, Chief of Police
Weare (NH) Police Department
and Paul MacMillan
CALEA Program Manager

The challenges facing law enforcement today have become increasingly complex. The attention and focus on everyday actions of law enforcement officers, policies set by agency CEO's, and the rulings by courts are now appearing as common place headlines in the media. Smaller law enforcement agencies have especially had closer scrutiny placed on them in the past few years. Read On

CALEA, A Route to Agency Operational Success

Corporal Matt Kutcher

Accreditation Manager

Apex (NC) Police Department

The Town of Apex is located west of Raleigh, North Carolina and was recognized as the Number 1 Best Place to Live in America by CNN/Money Magazine, 3^rd Best Place to Move to by Forbes.com, 7^th Safest Suburb in America by Movoto.com and the 4^th Safest City in North Carolina by Safewise.com.   Read On

Money Magazine's second choice for the best place to live in 2015 is Papillion, NE. Papillion Police Department is a CALEA accredited agency. To view the article click here.

Spread the Word!

 PowerDMS continues to make enhancements based on client feedback and request. Some recent updates will assist the management of the assessment process.  For more information click here.

July 22-25, 2015

Credit: Colorado Springs Convention and Visitors Bureau

We thank the Colorado Springs Police Department and the Rocky Mountain Accreditation Network for a successful conference. The host agency's hospitality and assistance was appreciated. There were 519 attendees, and 87 agencies awarded at the Saturday Celebration Banquet. See the Conference Awards list here. 

Fifteen agencies received the CALEA Accreditation with Excellence Award. This credential is an additional indication of an agency's effective use of accreditation as a model for enhanced public safety services and management professionalism.  See a list here.

Thirty-four agencies were recognized in Colorado as a Meritorious Agency for achieving and maintaining CALEA Accreditation for 15 or more continuous years.  See the list here .

November 18-21, 2015 

Credit: Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau

The Miami Police Department is the host agency for the  Summer conference in Miami, Florida. Visit the CALEA website for registration and hotel information. Advanced registration will end November 4, 2015.

Attendees should continue to check the conference link for updates during the coming weeks.

At the Summer 2015 conference in Colorado Springs the Commission's Standards Review and Interpretations Committee (SRIC) approved changes to the CALEA Standards Manual. These changes were published in the latest versions of the PowerDMS Electronic Standards Manual. Read On

  John Gregory

CALEA Regional Program Manager

Small agencies are not immune from the scrutiny of the public or the courts because of their lack of resources. Best practices through successfully achieving and maintaining CALEA accreditation will assist your agency in achieving measureable outcomes towards strategic goals, thus improving accountability and transparency. Small public safety agencies often find themselves making difficult decisions; balancing essential and non-essential budget initiatives with limited funding. Read On

Farewell Lorena, We Wish You Well.

Lorena Singer has been employed with CALEA since 2007 and has done an excellent job of providing accreditation services to our Latin American clients, and more recently serving as the Regional Program Manager for the Rocky Mountains Region.  Lorena has accepted a position with the US Department of State, US Embassy INL Program in Mexico, as a Correctional Consultant and Accreditation Subject Matter Expert.

Clearly we are proud of Lorena and wish her all the best with this new position.  She has graciously agreed to continue serving as a CALEA liaison to Mexico on a more limited basis, as her new position is of a full-time capacity.

 

Pending the identification and selection of a Regional Program Manager (RPM) to assume Lorena's duties in the Rocky Mountains Region,  RPM Mark Mosier will provide service coverage for the region beginning September 1, 2015. 

 

Again, we congratulate Lorena on this new position and we are proud of her accomplishments during her employment with CALEA.

The following agencies signed a law enforcement agreement in July!

Campus Security
Bryant (RI) University Department of Public Safety
Univ. of Saskatchewan (SK) Department of Protective Services

Communications

Consolidated Dispatch Agency (FL)

Law Enforcement
Hazelwood (MO) Police Department
Mebane (NC) Police Department

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