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Lethbridge Police receive CALEA re-accreditation

Mar 28, 2017 | 2:47 PM

LETHBRIDGE – The Lethbridge Police Service has once again been accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA).

The process involves an audit that examines their compliance with 484 standards for policing — and this is the seventh time they have received it.

Assessors visited Lethbridge for an on-site review in December, with Chief Rob Davis then travelling to Mobile, Alabama to meet with an accreditation panel. After answering some questions about the police service, LPS received their re-accreditation certificate.

“Our ongoing commitment to CALEA is a way to measure ourselves against other agencies and consistently ensure our policies and procedures are in line with international best practices,” said Davis in a media release. “CALEA accreditation is a step well above and beyond the provincial standards all law enforcement agencies in Alberta are required to meet.”

He added that during his meeting with the accreditation panel, they praised the local service for their use of force policies. He says they also informed him that the service’s exhibit and processing storage procedures are among the best that assessors have seen in North America, and will be used to demonstrate best practices to other law enforcement agencies.

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Across North America, more than 900 agencies — eight of which are in Canada — are accredited. Since being accredited for the first time in 1999, LPS have been re-accredited six times.

CALEA’s standards for policing cover a number of different areas, such as relationships with other agencies and administration and support services.