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CALEA Accreditation Public Comment Portal
As previously announced, CALEA is transitioning back to site-based assessments as a component of initial accreditations and in the fourth year of the reaccreditation cycle. One of the changes to the site-based assessment is moving from the public call-in sessions and the public hearings to a web-based public comment portal. The public comment portal required by law enforcement standard 45.2.3; communications standard 2.6.8 training academy standard 7.1.9; and campus security standard 23.2.5 will replace the public call-in session and the public hearing.
The purpose of this portal is to receive public comments regarding an agency's compliance with CALEA standards, engagement in the service community, delivery of public safety services, and overall candidacy for accredited status. These comments can be in the form of commendations or concerns. The overall intent of the accreditation process is to provide the participating agency with information to support continuous improvement, as well as foster the pursuit of professional excellence and this new approach works to further that objective.
All client agency chief executive officers (CEO) should have received an email from the CIMRS system with an “agency-specific” URL which should be used to post as a link to fulfill the requirements of the noted standards. If you did not receive the email, simply go to the CALEA homepage and click on the link to the "Public Comment Portal". Click "Search by Agency Name" and enter the first word of your agency name. Click on your agency and you will see the agency-specific URL just below the agency name.
Regional Program Managers will receive all public comments submitted through the portal and will deliver each to the CEO for awareness purposes. Comments will be reviewed as necessary during annual reviews by the assigned Compliance Services Members and site-based assessors as appropriate.
If you have any questions, do not hesitate to reach out to your Regional Program Manager.
IMPORTANT: CALEA is not an investigatory body and subsequently the public portal should not be used to submit information for such purposes. Additionally, there will be no response other than acknowledgment of submissions; however, the information will be considered in context to its relevancy to compliance with standards and the tenets of CALEA® Accreditation.
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