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NEWS RELEASE September 13, 2001 The Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. (CALEA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Marshall County (IA) Sheriff Ted G. Kamatchus to a three-year term as CALEA Commissioner, effective January 1, 2002. Sheriff Kamatchus will be the 13th U.S. Sheriff to serve as a CALEA Commissioner since CALEA was founded twenty-two years ago. Jack Bishop, County Supervisor for Polk County, Iowa, currently serves on the Commission. CALEA was established as an independent accrediting authority in 1979 by the four major law enforcement membership associations: International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP); National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE); National Sheriffs' Association (NSA); and Police Executive Research Forum (PERF). The Executive Directors of these four associations appoint members to the Commission annually. The Commission has 21 members; 11 members are law enforcement practitioners; the remaining 10 members are selected from the public and private sectors. The position is voluntary with Commissioners appointed to a term of three years. The Commission meets three times a year. CALEA’s purpose and mission is two-fold. First, to establish a body of standards designed to (a) increase public safety agency capabilities to prevent and control crime; (b) increase agency effectiveness and efficiency in the delivery of public safety services; (c) increase cooperation and coordination with other public safety agencies; and (d) increase citizen and employee confidence in the goals, objectives, policies, and practices of the public safety agency. Second, to establish and administer a series of accreditation, certification and recognition programs through which public safety agencies can demonstrate voluntarily that they meet an established set of professionally recognized criteria for excellence in management and service delivery. Sheriff Kamatchus is currently in his 25th year as a law enforcement official. With a career beginning in 1976, he was appointed Marshall County Sheriff in 1988. Since then he has been successfully re-elected to that post in 1992, 1996 and 2000. His agency became CALEA accredited in 1999. Early in his career, he recognized the importance of “getting involved”. He has served on various boards and commissions involving Reserve Law Enforcement Officers, Training Academies and Law Enforcement Associations throughout the State of Iowa. The year 2000 was an especially important year for Sheriff Kamatchus. It was then that he was elected President of the Iowa State Sheriffs and Deputies Association. He was also elected to the position of Sergeant at Arms of the National Sheriffs Association. His current position as Fifth Vice-President on the Executive Board of NSA is the beginning of a 6-year transition to the Presidency of that organization. We congratulate and welcome Sheriff Kamatchus to the Commission. Source: Sylvester Daughtry Jr., Executive Director, CALEA, Fairfax, VA - (800) 368-3757 X31
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