A team of assessors from the Police Officer Standards and Training Council will arrive on Jan. 8 to examine Orange Police Department policies and procedures as they relate to Tier I Liability of the state accreditation standards. As part of the on-site assessment, agency employees and members of the community are invited to offer comments.
The assessment team is composed of law enforcement practitioners from the Connecticut law enforcement community. The assessors will review written materials, interview individuals and visit offices and other places where compliance can be witnessed.
Verification by the team that the Orange Police Department meets the POST Council’s state-of-the-art accreditation standards is part of a voluntary process to gain accreditation – a highly prized recognition of law enforcement professional excellence.
Comments can be mailed to William Tanner, POSTC Accreditation Division, at 285 Preston Ave., Meriden, Connecticut 06450, by telephone at 203-427-2602, by fax at 203-238-6643 or by email to Accreditation.Compliance@po.state.ct.us. Enter the name of the agency in the subject line.
A copy of the standards is available at the Orange Police Department, located at 314 Lambert Rd. The local contact is Accreditation Manager Frank Koshes, who can be reached at 203-891-2130.
Once the POST Council accreditation assessors complete their review of the agency, they report back to the POST Council Accreditation Committee, which will recommend to the council if the agency is to be accredited or reaccredited. Accreditation is for four years, during which time the agency must submit annual reports attesting to continued compliance with those standards under which they were initially accredited or reaccredited.
For more information regarding the POST Council accreditation program, visit the Police Officer Standards and Training Council website at http://www.ct.gov/post.