Penn Police Accreditation Public Session: May 1
The University of Pennsylvania Police Department is scheduled for an on-site assessment as part of a program to achieve accreditation by verifying it meets professional standards.
Administered by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. (CALEA), the accreditation program requires agencies to comply with state-of-the-art standards in four basic areas: policy and procedures, administration, operations and support services.
As part of the on-site assessment, agency employees and members of the community are invited to offer comments at a public information session Monday, May 1, at 7 p.m. The session will be conducted in the UPPD Headquarters Building at 4040 Chestnut Street.
Agency employees and the public are also invited to offer comments by calling (215) 573-6674 on Tuesday, May 2, between the hours of 1 and 5 p.m. Comments will be taken by the Assessment Team.
Telephone comments as well as appearances at the public information session are limited to 10 minutes and must address the agency's ability to comply with CALEA's standards. A copy of the standards is available at the UPPD Headquarters Building. Local contact is Sergeant Gary Heller, Accreditation Manager, at (215) 573-5681.
Anyone wishing to submit written comments about the University of Pennsylvania
Police Department's ability to comply with the standards for accreditation
may send them to the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement, Inc.
(CALEA), 10306 Eaton Place, Suite 320, Fairfax, Virginia, 22030-2201.
Almanac, Vol. 46, No. 30, April 25, 2000