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Between August 21st and August 24th, 2010, the Sheriff’s Office underwent a Communications Section re-accreditation assessment
from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA). This was our first re-accreditation on-site and
followed our initial Communications accreditation assessment in 2007. The CALEA Public Safety Communications Accreditation
Program (PSCAP) consists of 218 standards that measure organization, administration, human resources, internal affairs, training,
emergency management and operations that pertain to the Communications Section.
The two CALEA assessors who visited the Sheriff’s Office were Chief Douglas Knight from the Vandalia, Ohio Department of Police
and Captain Mark Weiss (ret.) from the Livermore, California Police Department. During their visit they inspected the files
kept to show compliance with each standard, toured the Sheriff’s Office building, observed a static display of several vehicles
and their communications equipment and spent time observing Communications Staff at work in the Communications Center.
The assessment went very well and the assessors made repeated positive comments about the staff, equipment, training, preparation
and overall performance of all aspects of the Communications Center. They made some positive recommendations we will consider
implementing for the future. The assessors will submit a final report to CALEA and we should receive our re-accreditation
award in November in Garden City, California.
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