CONN-PAC NEWS

Connecticut Police Accreditation Coalition

MEETING MINUTES

DATE: April 12, 2000
TIME: 9:30 AM
LOCATION: LOB State Capitol – Hartford, CT
PRESENT: Avon, Berlin, Bethel, CSP, Enfield, Farmington, Middletown, Monroe, New Canaan, Norwalk, Suffield, UCONN

Meeting called to order at 9:45 am.

Treasurer’s Report

No Report - Treasurer unable to attend

Secretary’s Report

Minutes of previous meeting accepted as submitted

Old Business

State Accreditation: Meeting for agencies was held at the Academy to update on status.  Revised standards were distributed.

New Business

CALEA CONFERENCE: Sgt Kulhawik reported on PAC President's meeting and SIRC.   On-site schedule change was discussed but no change to revised schedule anticipated. SIRC received request from Staff for new standard concerning indentifying problem employees, which would bring together various area (IA, USE OF FORCE, Etc) to be reviewed by one central administrator to identify potential problems.  Proposal to be forwarded to PAC's for opinion. Thus far PAC has not received any information.

BURLINGTON CONFERENCE: November conference is scheduled for Burlington, VT. Conference hotel Sheraton Hotel & Conference Center (802) 865-6600 is expected to fill quickly. Reservations should be made as soon as possible.

Law Enforcement Trust & Integrity Act 2000: Bill pending authorizing Attorgeny General to rewview accreditation standards, assist in developing additional standards related to Early Warning; Traffic Stops Statistics; Training; etc... and authorize $5,000,000 in grants for law enforcement accreditation. More info can be located at the following website.
http://thomas.loc.gov/home/c106bills.html - View HR3981

ACCREDITATION VIDEO: Farmington to investigate alternatives on updating video.

UPCOMING MEETINGS:  May 10, 2000 & June 14, 2000 at 9:30am.

Meeting Adjourned at 10:40 am

Next meeting scheduled for May 10, 2000 at 9:30am at State Capitol – L.O.B. Hartford

Sincerely,

Sergeant Thomas Kulhawik
Professional Standards Unit
Norwalk PD (203) 854-3053
tkulhawik@norwalkct.org


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