David T. Moore
CALEA Commissioner

My decision to relocate to Rochester, NY in 2006 to take an appointment as chief of police was made much easier knowing I would be taking over a CALEA accredited police agency. Upon my arrival, one of the first things I came to appreciate was the nationally recognized and award winning Monroe County/Rochester 911 Center. Now as the Director of Public Safety for Monroe County, NY, I have the distinct privilege of overseeing that very same agency. Read On

Lora Ueland, Executive Director

Valley Communications Center
Kent, WA

Valley Communications Center (Valley Com) is located in Kent, Washington which is in King County. In 1976 the cities of Kent, Renton, Auburn and Tukwila formed a regional communications center through an inter-local agreement. In 2000, the City of Federal Way was added as an owner agency. Today, Valley Com serves a total of 23 agencies; nine police departments, 13 fire departments and King County Medic One. The population Valley Com serves is 800,000 people within approximately 380 square miles encompassing all of South King County. Read On

Editorial Note: CALEA Leadership Profiles features CEOs from among the many exceptional leaders involved in CALEA programming who provide inspiring leadership to their agency, to other CALEA agencies, and to the public safety profession. Agencies are encouraged to nominate their own CEOs by submitting their names for consideration to Maya Mitchell at mmitchell @calea.org.  

Kristi Warden, Accreditation Manager
Huber Heights Police Division-Communications

Huber Heights, OH

The accountability that Public Safety Communications Accreditation has brought to our dispatch center has been immeasurable since receiving our first communications accreditation in 2007. We didn't start our journey by going through the communications accreditation process first. We began it with our law enforcement agency, which was initially accredited in 2005. That same year, we saw the importance and benefits of what had been accomplished during our accreditation experience. With excitement and anticipation we decided to pursue those same successes in our communication center. We embarked on the journey of being the first communication center in Ohio to become CALEA accredited.  Read On

  
The Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics is conducting the 2014 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies (CSLLEA).  The IACP supports this data collection effort and hope you will see the tremendous value of the study and complete your survey. The CSLLEA  is the only national census of law enforcement agencies that provides complete personnel counts, agency operating budgets, and the characteristics and functions of every law enforcement agency in the U.S.  Without your agency's data, the results will not be complete and accurate. The information collected will benefit your agency in a variety of ways including: providing comparisons with other agencies, identifying agency needs, justifying budgets, and budget requests.

If you have already completed your survey, please accept our sincere thanks.  If not, to ensure your agency is included, we ask that you complete your survey by May 1, 2015.

 

You can complete the questionnaire online at: http://connectcai.norc.org/go/csllea 

 

If you have any questions on completing the survey, need your Personal Identification Number (PIN), or if you prefer to receive a hard copy, please contact NORC at [email protected] or call toll free at 877-233-5671. If you have general comments about the CSLLEA program, feel free to contact Andrea Burch, at [email protected]. 

March 18-21, 2015

Photo: Kelly Richmond

The Reno Conference was  success! We thank the Reno Emergency Communications, and the members of the Rocky Mountain Accreditation Network for a successful conference. Everyone appreciated the hospitality shown by the host agency.  At the Saturday Celebration Banquet, 101 agencies received initial accreditation, and reaccreditation awards.  See the Conference Awards list here. 

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

At the Spring 2015 meeting in Reno Nevada the Commission's Standards Review and Interpretation Committee (SRIC) approved a number of changes to the CALEA Standards Manual.  These changes were published in the latest versions of the PowerDMS Electronic Standards Manual. Read On

CALEA takes great pride in delivering conferences that provide meaningful learning and networking experiences for the staff of agencies involved with or interested in the CALEA Accreditation process. This requires strong partnerships with host cities to meet this objective and a commitment from local organizations to ensure the respective conferences meet professional expectations. Read On

July 22-25, 2015

Credit: Colorado Springs Convention and Visitors Bureau

Start planning to attend the Summer conference in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The conference will be held at the Hotel Elegante' Conference and Event Center. Room rates are $139 for single and double rooms. Click here for hotel and conference registration information.  

Dan Shaw

Regional Program Manager

CALEA's Public Safety Communication Accreditation program requires agencies to conduct three annual analyses related to employee grievances, recruiting and potential liabilities. While all three are considered best practices for a professional agency and are essential to the agency's management process, the liability analysis provides the agency executive a tool to forecast a wide range of potential threats and an opportunity to develop mitigation strategies to alleviate possible civil suits. Read On

Linda Phillips is a 33-year veteran of the Commission, and has been employed with CALEA practically since it's inception. Linda was hired as a typist for the first CALEA Standards Manual. Since then, her job developed into technical support for client agencies and staff.  She was instrumental in developing the computer-assisted self-assessment software program, originally known as ASAP and now called CACE; for which she still provides IT support and training.  Additionally, Linda managed computer operations and data processing for CALEA staff, as well as assisting with the Commission HR services.

 

Linda's contributions to the Commission have made a tremendous impact to the accreditation process and countless agencies.  She has been a valuable resource to the CALEA family and will be sorely missed.  Linda is planning to enjoy a relaxed life at the beach with her husband David and her family and friends.

Send in your suggestions today

In the September 2015 issue, the Police Chief magazine's theme will be "Great Ideas in Law Enforcement." We want insight from people from across the world, inside and outside of law enforcement, about what they believe needs to change and how it will better law enforcement. Write about your idea and how it will affect law enforcement and send it to us! If your idea makes us say "Why didn't anyone think of that sooner?" we'll include it in September's issue of the Police Chief.

The submission deadline is May 1, 2015. Each submission must be original and previously unpublished.

For more information, guidelines, and the submission form, go to http://www.policechiefmagazine.org/editorial/ or contact Dianne Beer-Maxwell at [email protected]. 

The Northern New England Police Accreditation Coalition (NNEPAC) has released a new episode of NNEPAC Radio.  In the latest episode, Greg Murphy and John McGregor discuss the latest CALEA Conference, which was held in Reno, NV from March 18-21. 2015.  The episode can be found on iTunes or in Stitcher under NNEPAC Radio, or can be accessed directly here.

Congratulations to the following agencies that signed a CALEA accreditation agreement in March!

Law Enforcement:

Camden Co (NJ) Police Department
Fort Collins (CO) Police Services
Harbor Springs (MI) Police Department
Oxford (MS) Police Department
Statesville (NC) Police Department
University of Tennessee Health Science Center - Campus Police Department

Training Academy:
Cuyahoga (OH) Community College Public Safety Training Academy

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