CALEA Public Comment Portal

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In November of 2023, the Metro Special Police Department was awarded Law Enforcement Accreditation (LE1) by the Commission Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA). Less than ten percent of law enforcement agencies in the United States have earned accreditation through CALEA. 

CALEA is a credentialing authority for public safety agencies. The CALEA Accreditation programs provide public safety agencies with an opportunity to voluntarily meet an established set of professional standards, which require:

• Comprehensive and uniform written directives that clearly define authority, performance, and responsibilities.
• Reports and analyses to make fact-based and informed management decisions.
• Preparedness to address natural or man-made critical incidents.
• Community relationship-building and maintenance.
• Independent review by subject matter experts.
• Continuous pursuit of excellence through annual reviews and other assessment measures.

The CALEA Accreditation program seals are reserved for use by those public safety agencies that have demonstrated compliance with CALEA Standards and have been awarded CALEA Accreditation by the Commission. 

The original CALEA Law Enforcement seal, previously recognized as the corporate CALEA logo, has a rich history that serves to honor those that contributed to the development of the accreditation process. 

The more recently developed program seals reflect this same important history, and carry on the professionalism that accompanies the CALEA process. 

Distinctive in design, the program seals provide agencies with an easy to recognize international banner that confirms the agency’s commitment to continuous development and the professional delivery of public safety services. 

CALEA’s program seals are the “Marks of Professional Excellence” for today’s public safety agencies and reflect the gold standard benchmark associated with CALEA. Comprehensive and uniform written directives that clearly define authority, performance, and responsibilities.

The purpose of this public portal is to receive comments regarding an agency's compliance with CALEA standards, engagement in the service community, delivery of public safety services, and overall candidacy for accredited status. These comments can be in the form of commendations or concerns. The overall intent of the accreditation process is to provide the participating agency with information to support continuous improvement, as well as foster the pursuit of professional excellence 

IMPORTANT: CALEA is not an investigatory body and subsequently the public portal should not be used to submit information for such purposes.  Additionally, there will be no response other than acknowledgement to submissions; however, the information will be considered in context to its relevancy to compliance with standards and the tenets of CALEA® Accreditation.  

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