Police Accreditation: Learning About CALEA
We talk to police agencies all across the US on a daily basis and frequently come across CALEA accreditation badges normally located on the homepage of a police department’s website. What is CALEA? CALEA stands for Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies and was created in 1979 by 4 agencies - IACP - International Association of Chiefs of Police (a subscription based membership ) NOBLE - National Organization of Black Law Enforcement (a subscription based membership ) NSA - National Sheriffs Association (a subscription based membership ) PERF - Police Executive Research Forum (a subscription based membership ) It is run by a composition of a 21 member commission board where 11 members are selected from law enforcement and 10 members are selected from the public and private sectors. What does CALEA do? CALEA specifically states the standards they’ve created prescribe what agencies should be doing, but do not set standards on how they shou...