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Welcome to the New Jersey Public Safety
Accreditation Coalition |
~ Developing Management Excellence ~ |
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The primary mission of the New Jersey Public Safety Accreditation Coalition is to promote professional excellence through accreditation and professionalism for all public safety agencies including police departments, sheriff offices, training academies, and communication centers. This mission is performed in cooperation with the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) and with the New Jersey State Association of Chief of Police (NJSACOP) who through an Alliance Program with CALEA recognize New Jersey law enforcement agencies who measure up to the highest standards the profession has to offer. |
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We accomplish our accreditation mission through a series of mission-critical objectives. We assist member agencies with developing professional, legally defensible policies, procedures, plans, analyses, goals, and objectives. We also recommend improvements to facilities, equipment, and personnel that are in compliance with CALEA® accreditation standards. Once an agency feels they have met the standards, the Coalition performs a comprehensive, all inclusive, multiple-day inspection of the agency and its policies to make sure they comply with the spirit of the various standards.
We accomplish our professionalism mission through supporting the development and transformation of two critical areas of management operations: Professional Standards (Internal Affairs) and Training. The Coalition provides personnel from public safety agencies with basic and advanced training on how to manage professional training and professional standards programs for their agencies. Both these functions require personnel who are highly experienced, well educated, and of the finest caliber to properly manage the program and perform their difficult duties.
We are proud to count among our members the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office (NJ), New Jersey State Police (NJ), New York City Police Department Training Academy (NY), City University of New York (CUNY) Hunter College Department of Public Safety (NY), Rutgers University Police Department (NJ), New Windsor Police Department (NY) and the MICCOM (Northeastern NJ MICU communications Center). |
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Law Enforcement Accreditation
The Law Enforcement Accreditation Program was the first credentialing program established by CALEA after its founding. It was originally development to address what was seen as a need to enhance law enforcement as a profession and to improve law enforcement. That mission continues today. The program is open to all types of law enforcement agencies, on an international basis. It provides a process to systematically conduct an internal review and assessment of the agencies’ policies and procedures, and make adjustments wherever necessary to meet a body of internationally accepted standards.
Since the first CALEA Accreditation Award was granted in 1984, the program has become the primary method for an agency to voluntarily demonstrate their commitment to excellence in law enforcement. The standards upon which the Law Enforcement Accreditation Program is based reflect the current thinking and experience of law enforcement practitioners and researchers. Major law enforcement associations, leading educational and training institutions, governmental agencies, as well as law enforcement executives internationally, acknowledge CALEA’s Standards for Law Enforcement Agencies© and its Accreditation Program as benchmarks for today’s law enforcement agency.
CALEA Law Enforcement Accreditation requires an agency to establish and maintain rigid compliance with a set of professional standards that are globally regarded as the best practices in public safety. NJSACOP Accreditation, sometimes referred to as “National Recognition” or “State Accreditation”, requires an agency to comply with about 25% of the same standards that are required of an internationally accredited law enforcement agency. |
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Communications Accreditation
The CALEA Public Safety Communications Accreditation Program provides a communications center, or the communications unit of a public safety agency, with a process to systemically review and internally assess their operations and procedures. Since the first CALEA Communication Accreditation Award was granted in 1999, the program has become the primary method for a communications agency to voluntarily demonstrate their commitment to excellence. The standards upon which the Public Safety Communications Accreditation Program is based reflect the current thinking and experience of public safety communications executives and accreditation experts. APCO International (Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials International, Inc.), the leading communications membership association, was a partner in the development of CALEA’s Standards for Public Safety Communications Agencies© and its Accreditation Program. This relationship continues today as APCO recognizes the achievements of CALEA Accredited Public Safety Communications agencies and supports accreditation.
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Training Academy Accreditation
The Public Safety Training Academy Accreditation Program was developed in 2002 and is open to governmental organizations that are authorized to provide a comprehensive basic law enforcement or public safety training program or advanced in-service broad scope training. Its purpose is to promote superior public safety training services and recognize professional excellence. The program’s standards were derived from the best practices of professional public safety training agencies and institutions, and do not conflict with any national or state Police Officer Standards and Training (POST) authorities or other training authorities. The program standards cover nine topic areas: (1) certification; (2) organization; (3) direction and authority; (4) human resources; (5) recruitment and selection; (6) instructional systems; (7) program development; (8) training support; and (9) student welfare.
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