Accreditation Standards

National accreditation standards established by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. (CALEA) provide the framework for IACLEA Accreditation. The IACLEA Accreditation Commission has carefully selected standards that impact officer and public safety, address high liability and risk management issues, and generally promote operational efficiency throughout the agency. The standards, in striving to promote the best professional practices, prescribe “what” agencies should do, but not “how” they should do it. That is left to the discretion of the agency and its Chief Executive Officer.

The IACLEA standards manual, Standards for Campus Public Safety Departments, was based upon CALEA’s 4th Edition manual, Standards for Law Enforcement Agencies. Agencies that signed their accreditation contract before January 1, 2007, may be accredited under those standards. Departments entering the process after January 1, 2007, will be expected to comply with the standards from CALEA’s 5th Edition manual. It may be ordered on-line through their web site (www.calea.org) or you may print and mail the order form.

Use the following links to view the standards required for IACLEA Accreditation:

• 4th Edition
  
  
• 5th Edition

 

 

Revised January 14, 2008