Recent Developments in IACLEA Accreditation Program

(This page was last updated on July 28, 2008)

On June 28, 2008, during the Opening General Session of the 50th Annual Conference, the IACLEA Accreditation Commission awarded Accreditation to nine (9) more campus public safety departments.  Two of the agencies, the California State University-Northridge Police Department and the Wake Forest University Police Department, served as “pilot agencies”, testing IACLEA’s fledgling accreditation program.   Seven agencies, previously accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. (CALEA), voluntarily elected to pursue IACLEA Accreditation though an accelerated process of “comparative compliance.”  To date, fourteen (14) departments have attained IACLEA Accreditation.

 

In addition to the California State University at Northridge Police Department and the Wake Forest University Police Department, IACLEA Accreditation Commission Chair, Dolores Stafford and Past President, Ray Thrower, presented certificates to the California State University at Fullerton Police Department, the California State University at Los Angeles Police Department, the University of Connecticut Police Department, the University of Florida Police Department, the University of New Hampshire Police Department, the North Carolina State University Police Department, and the University of Texas at Austin Police Department.

 

The new standards, adopted by the IACLEA Accreditation Commission and incorporated into Chapter 85, Campus Public Safety, became effective July 1, 2008.  The standards address issues such as blue light phones, panic alarms, security surveys, video surveillance, and safety escort services.  Agencies must conform to the new standards, as well as the original Clery Act standards, and demonstrate compliance during their on-site assessment.  Copies of Change Notice 2008-1, which announces the new standards, and Chapter 85, Campus Public Safety, are available on the "Standards Manual Change Notices" link (http://www.iaclea.org/visitors/PDFs/Standards_Chapter85_0711.pdf).

Accreditation Manager training will be a component of the first Mid-Year Conference, scheduled for February 28-March 1, 2009, at the Georgia Tech Hotel & Conference Center in Atlanta, GA.  Intended to supplement and expand the training available at the annual conferences, the Mid-Year Conference programming is geared toward mid- and senior-level management staff.  In addition to the Accreditation Manager Training, the program will also include Management/Leadership Training and Executive Development.  Additional information about the conference and registration details are available at http://www.iaclea.org/visitors/events/MidYearConference.cfm.