The Bismarck Police Department is pleased to announce that a team of assessors from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. (CALEA®) will arrive on Saturday, April 16, 2011 to examine all aspects of the Bismarck Police Department’s policy and procedures, management, operations, and support services.
As part of the on-site assessment, agency personnel and members of the community are invited to offer comments at a public information session starting at 6 p.m. on Monday, April 18th, 2011, in the Basement in Meeting Room B of the Bismarck Veterans Memorial Library, located at 515 N. 5th St., Bismarck.
Persons who can’t attend the public meeting but would like to provide comments to the assessment team may do so by calling 701-221-7250 between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. Monday, April 18, 2011. This is an unrecorded line and comments will be taken by assessment team members. You may also e-mail your comments directly to the CALEA Commission at Email. Please put “Bismarck” (ND) P. D. On-Site” in the subject line.
Telephone comments, as well as comments at the public meeting, are limited to 10 minutes and must address the Bismarck Police Department’s ability to comply with CALEA standards. A copy of the standards is available at the Bismarck Police Department, 700 S. 9th St. Please contact Officer Sue Anderson, Accreditation Officer for the Bismarck Police Department, at (701) 355-1867 if you wish to review the standards.
Persons wishing to offer written comments about the Bismarck Police Department’s ability to meet the standards for accreditation may also send them to: CALEA, 13575 Heathcote Bvd, Suite 320, Gainesville, Va., 20155. The CALEA Program Manager for the Bismarck Police Department is Ms. Maya Mitchell.
The assessment team will verify that the Bismarck Police Department continues to meet CALEA’s state-of-the-art standards for law enforcement agencies as part of a voluntary process to gain accreditation — a highly prized recognition of public safety professional excellence.
The Bismarck Police Department voluntarily participates in this process by complying with over 450 standards established by the commission in order to gain accredited status. The standards cover virtually all areas of the police departments operations, including patrol, investigations, communications, finance, recruiting, personnel and training. The BPD first became accredited by the commission in 1991, and has maintained this accredited status continuously since that date.