Message
from the Chair
Jim O'Dell
 There are several noteworthy items to announce in this
issue of the CALEA Update. The long anticipated new instructional manual,
the CALEA Process and Programs Guide, was published in March and sent to
all agencies enrolled in CALEA. This publication is a significant update to the
three original training manuals (Accreditation Process Book,
Self-Assessment Manual, and Assessor’s Manual) which date back over
ten years.
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 Coming
in July 2007 — CACE 2.0!
CALEA proudly announces
CACE 2.0, the next version of its most successful and talked about software
program. CACE (CALEA Accreditation Compliance Express) is a special purpose
computer program for agencies to use during the completion of their initial
self-assessment and after CALEA Awarded. The program provides the user a
powerful tool to complete the steps necessary to achieve and maintain
accredited/recognized agency status, and serves as a valuable assistant in the
overall management of the CALEA Accreditation Process.
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presents first-hand testimonies of
the positive outcomes of CALEA Accreditation for an agency. These
success stories reflect the often unreported benefits experienced by
CALEA Agencies and all are encouraged to submit their own examples
to CALEA to be shared.
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Property and Evidence Control--The
Hidden (and Ticking) Time Bomb
 Traditionally in most law
enforcement agencies, the property room or property component has been a low
priority in terms of operations, staffing, and resource allocation. One chief of
police, when queried as to just what the property room staff does, replied, “Oh,
they just put the crap on the shelves.”
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2007 SPRING CONFERENCE REVIEW
Greensboro
Conference Awards
Bittner Award Presented in Greensboro 
At the Spring CALEA
Conference in Greensboro, North Carolina, retired Chief of Police William W.
Fenniman, Jr. of the Dover (NH) Police Department was honored with the
presentation of the Egon Bittner Award during the Saturday evening Celebration
Banquet.
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CALEA Recognition Through
TEAMWORK
 On March 17, 2007, the
Cherry Valley (IL) Police Department and the South Beloit (IL) Police Department
were awarded
Recognition status from CALEA. These two communities, 15 miles
apart, are located in Winnebago County, about 60 miles northwest of Chicago. The
departments have much in common: they are “A” sized agencies with 13 full time
sworn police officers; they use the same dispatch center; they are commanded by
chiefs who are former accreditation managers with the CALEA Accredited Winnebago
County Sheriff’s Office in Rockford, Illinois; and they both achieved
Recognition with the chief acting as the Recognition Manager.
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NEMRT Training Summaries--How
One Training Academy Supports Its Members
“Yes, absolutely it helps us! CALEA
Assessors don’t have to spend a lot of time on training chapters, because this
report does a lot for them. It is of great value to my department!” says Dan
Palmer, Chief of Police for the City of Bartlett, Illinois. Chief Palmer is
referring to the CALEA Training Summary he receives from his in-service training
academy: North East Multi-Regional Training (NEMRT).
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Welcome to CALEA!
Between January 1, 2007 and March 31, 2007, the following agencies joined
the CALEA family by signing initial Agreements:
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Emerging Technologies for Law
Enforcement
 Technology
and law enforcement have been intertwined since the formalization of
agencies in the 1800’s. But recently the rate of new technology
deployment has increased exponentially. An “officer” in the 1870’s
would have felt reasonably at home with a 1970’s police department;
after the shock of cars and radios wore off, the job would be quite
familiar. But a jump to a police department in 2010 would be a
wholly different experience – those few recent decades bringing all
manners of new technology.
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Addition to the Communications Guiding Principle Approved
At the March
2007 CALEA Conference in Greensboro, North Carolina, the Standards Review and
Interpretation Committee (SRIC) approved the following provision to Guiding
Principles for Agencies and Assessors (Appendix B) in the Standards for
Public Safety Communications Agencies be added:
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Your Commissioners –
Holden and Robey
 Commissioner Richard W.
Holden, Sr. grew up on the family farm in Wendell, North Carolina and began
his law enforcement career in 1969, when he joined the North Carolina State
Highway Patrol as a Trooper. He progressed through the ranks in various
assignments, until being named Commander in March 1999. Colonel Holden led the
Highway Patrol until his retirement in June 2004. The North Carolina State
Highway Patrol has been CALEA Law Enforcement Accredited since 2000.
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 Commissioner James N. Robey began over 40 years ago as a patrolman in the
Howard County Police Department. There he rose through the ranks and was
appointed Chief of Police in 1991. The Howard County Police Department was CALEA
Law Enforcement Accredited in July 1990.
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First
Law Enforcement Agency in Mexico Receives Accreditation Award
 Direccion
de Seguridad Publica Municipal de
Chihuahua, Mexico, became the first law enforcement agency in Mexico awarded
CALEA Law Enforcement Accreditation at the Spring CALEA Conference in
Greensboro, North Carolina. This municipal law enforcement agency for the city
of Chihuahua was also the first agency in Mexico to receive the CALEA
Recognition Award in March 2004. more
CALEA FLAGSHIP AGENCIES - Greensboro
Conference
Nine agencies were
recognized at the Greensboro, North Carolina, Spring CALEA Conference as a
CALEA Flagship Agency. The Flagship Agency Program was introduced in
December 2005 to acknowledge the achievement and expertise of some of the most
successful CALEA Accredited Agencies, and also to provide “flagship examples” to
assist others. Since then, 80 Flagship Agencies have been selected.
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Communications
Open Channel
Wanda McCarley,
President, APCO International
 Across the nation in times
of intense personal crisis and community-wide disasters, the first access point
for those seeking all classes of emergency services and homeland security
information is 9-1-1. The local and county public safety communications centers
that receive these calls have emerged as the first and single point of contact
for persons seeking immediate relief during an emergency as well as those
seeking to report suspicious behaviors, unusual incidents, and responding to the
now common plea for citizen vigilance and attention in the wake of homeland
security concerns nationwide.
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CALEA Staff News
New Program Manager
Named
 If
you had the opportunity to attend the Greensboro, North Carolina, CALEA
Conference you may have met the newest Program
Manager, Maya Mitchell. She assumed the position on December 1, 2006 and is
responsible for the agencies previously managed by Ted LeMay.
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Two New Staff Members
Welcomed
Constantine Salmon
Constantine
“Stan” Salmon joined the CALEA Staff in February 2007 as a Program Assistant
providing administrative support for Program Managers Dennis Hyater and Maya
Mitchell.
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Mark Hinkle
Mark
Hinkle began in January 2007 as the part-time Office Assistant with
responsibility for keeping the Production and Mailroom running smoothly. He
comes from Yorktown, Virginia, and is a sophomore majoring in economics at
nearby George Mason University.
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Certificates
of Meritorious
Accreditation Announce
Nine agencies were recognized during the CALEA
Conference Celebration Banquet Greensboro, North Carolina, for having been CALEA
Accredited for 15 or more continuous years. These agencies receive an enhanced
Certificate of Meritorious Accreditation, displaying a blue “Meritorious” ribbon
and an inscription proclaiming their 15 or more years of accredited status.
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