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 On July 28th, 2007, the New Jersey State
Police received initial accreditation
from the Commission on Accreditation
for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc., after
several years of intense review and grading.
The New Jersey State Police exceeded the
requirements of a highly regarded
and broadly recognized body of
Law Enforcement Accreditation
standards, and was accredited for
a second time by C.A.L.E.A. on
July 28th, 2010. This Re-
Accreditation represents the
satisfactory completion of a
thorough agency-wide self
evaluation, followed by a comprehensive
review by a team of
independent assessors.
Accreditation brings several significant
benefits. First, it provides a subscribing
agency with a non-biased, independent
assessment of itself as measured against
industry accepted standards. Through this
comparison, accreditation improves public
safety services by either validating current
polices and practices or mandating and
facilitating the change of any non-compliant
areas in order to achieve or remain accredited.
When compliance with C.A.L.E.A. standards
is pursued and achieved, CALEA accreditation
becomes part of a comprehensive risk
management system. In addition, with the
commission's constant scrutiny
of existing standards, research,
development and promulgation
of new standards, accreditation
creates accountability to a
respected bench marking group
that knows the work of modern
policing. Ultimately, public trust
is bolstered by the transparency
provided by the entire
C.A.L.E.A. accreditation process.
By voluntarily subscribing
to this strategic and comprehensive accreditation
process, the New Jersey State Police has
again signaled to the citizens of New Jersey
that the organization is committed to providing
the most efficient, effective, proactive,
constitutionally sound and risk managed law
enforcement services.
 C.A.L.E.A. was created in 1979 as a credentialing authority through the efforts of law enforcement’s major executive associations: the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE), the National Sheriff’s Association (NSA) and
the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF).
Twenty-one CALEA commissioners are
appointed by the four founding law enforcement organizations. Eleven are law enforcement
practitioners and the remaining are selected from both the public and private sectors, including
representation fromthe business community, academia and the judiciary. |
