The Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. (CALEA) will hold a public input meeting Monday pertaining to the organization’s Gold Standard re-accreditation assessment of the Peachtree City Police Department.
Department spokesman Mark Brown said a team of CALEA assessors will conduct the meeting as part of the on-site assessment involved in having the police department achieve a Gold Standard re-accreditation.
Brown said the public and agency employees are invited to offer comments on the agency’s services and performance at a public information session on June 8 at 6 p.m. in the council chambers at Peachtree City Hall, located at 151 Willowbend Road.
If for some reason an individual cannot speak at the public information session, but would like to provide comments to the assessment team, that input can be given by telephone. The public may call 770-632-4100 on June 8 from 1-3 p.m.
Telephone comments, as well as comments made at the public information session, are limited to five minutes and must address the agency’s ability to comply with CALEA standards.
For further information, contact the Police Department’s Accreditation Manager, Lt. Mark Brown, at 770-632-4112 or by email at mbrown@peachtree-city.org
Brown said the Peachtree City Police Department was initially accredited on November 21, 1992 and then re-accredited in November 1997, November 2000, November 2003, November 2006, November 2009 and November 2012. The accredited status was initially granted for a five-year period. The Commission has now reduced the length of time to three years. During these three years, the department has submitted annual reports attesting to its continued compliance with accreditation standards.
