State Accreditation
Benefits of Accreditation
For the Community
- Increases the law enforcement agency’s ability to prevent and control crime through more efficient and effective delivery of services
- Enhances community understanding of the law enforcement agency, its role in the community, and its goals and objectives
- Creates a forum in which police and citizens work together to prevent and control crime through greater understanding of the challenges and impacts on law enforcement and the desires of the community
- Enhances public confidence in the law enforcement agency
For the Chief Executive Officer
- Increases cooperation and coordination with other law enforcement and criminal justice agencies
- Provides independent confirmation that policies comply with professional standards
- Provides greater administrative and operational effectiveness
- Insures continuous, systemized self-assessment of policies, procedures, and operational practices
- Decreases exposure to civil liability and costly settlements, which leads to potential reductions in premiums for liability insurance
- Provides state and local acknowledgment of professional competence
For Law Enforcement Personnel
- Enhances understanding of agency policies and procedures
- Assures consistent recruitment, selection, and promotion processes and employment practices that are fair, equitable, and nondiscriminatory
- Increases morale within the agency
- Increases pride and confidence in the agency and its operations
- Ensures that agency policies and procedures are reduced to writing and available to all personnel