CALEA Accreditation

Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement (CALEA)
 
The Waukee Police Department is seeking feedback as part of the initial accreditation award through the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement (CALEA). The purpose of CALEA is to improve the delivery of public safety services, primarily by: maintaining a body of standards, developed by public safety practitioners, covering a wide range of up-to-date public safety initiatives; establishing and administering an accreditation process; and recognizing professional excellence.  The successful accreditation of the Waukee Police will prove that the Waukee Police Department has set and followed the following goals set by CALEA;

• Strengthen crime prevention and control capabilities;
• Formalize essential management procedures;
• Establish fair and nondiscriminatory personnel practices;
• Improve service delivery;
• Solidify interagency cooperation and coordination; and
• Increase community and staff confidence in the agency.

This accreditation program provides the Waukee Police Department the opportunity to voluntarily demonstrate that they meet an established set of professional standards which:

• Require an agency to develop a comprehensive, well thought out, uniform set of written directives. This is one of the most successful methods for reaching administrative and operational goals, while also providing direction to personnel.
• Provide the necessary reports and analyses a CEO needs to make fact-based, informed management decisions.
• Require a preparedness program be put in place—so an agency is ready to address natural or man-made critical incidents.
• Are a means for developing or improving upon an agency's relationship with the community.
• Strengthen an agency's accountability, both within the agency and the community, through a continuum of standards that clearly define authority, performance, and responsibilities.
• Can limit an agency's liability and risk exposure because it demonstrates that internationally recognized standards for law enforcement have been met, as verified by a team of independent outside CALEA-trained assessors.
• Facilitates an agency's pursuit of professional excellence.

If you would like to provide comments, commendations, or other information regarding the Waukee Police Department’s quality of service or other information relevant to the accreditation process, please visit the provided portal at http://cimrs2.calea.org/1178.

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