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CALEA ASSESSORS
CALEA Assessors are
contractual employees who follow the policies and procedures of the Commission.
CALEA Assessors must have the ability to evaluate
public safety management policies, procedures, practices, and activities. It is important for
an assessor to have a firm understanding of modern public safety personnel,
administrative, legal, and operational concepts and be able to interact, at a
peer level, with the assessed agency CEO and command staff.
While on assignment, CALEA Assessors must
exemplify the highest levels of professionalism at all times and foster a
non-adversarial climate. The CALEA Philosophy concerning assessments is
“accountability with reasonable assistance.” As the “eyes and ears” of the
Commission, assessors must maintain objectivity and report on the agency’s
ability to comply with the requisite number of applicable standards.
Qualifications
CALEA maintains a pool of assessors that represents the
demographics of the agencies it serves. CALEA Assessors must have:
(a) As a first-line supervisor or higher, or
(b) With high-level administrative experience, that requires
considerable use of discretion.
CALEA and assessed agencies prefer assessors from agencies in the
CALEA Accreditation Process, but there are positions available for other
government, academic, and private sector assessors who meet a special need for
CALEA. Past experience may be considered in some instances.
For every accreditation on-site assessment, one
assessor is designated as the team leader. Team leaders must hold a senior
level executive or management position in their agency. Team leaders are
selected from the assessor pool based on their performance, the recommendations
of their past team leaders and assessed agencies, and a CALEA Staff review.
Team leader certification requires additional CALEA training, as well as
maintaining an active assessor certificate. Re-certification is required every
three years for assessor and team leader.
For further information on CALEA
Assessors, please contact the Commission.
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