CONN-PAC NEWS Connecticut Police Accreditation Coalition

Meeting called to order at 9:37am.

Treasurer’s Report

$1228.54 Balance in treasury

Secretary’s Report

Old Business

DENVER CALEA CONFERENCE: Lt. Pete Agnesi and Sgt. Tom Kulhawik reported on the conference in Denver.

Next conference in Montreal will be a four day conference

Future Annual CALEA Agency reports will require submission of selected department reports, such as Use of Force Analysis, etc.

On-site critiques from September 98 were positive

Phone in sessions during on-sites can be scheduled for Mondays

State Accreditation Committee working to create on-going positive relationship with State Certification/Accreditation programs.

Committee working to complete plan by year’s end, which may include tiered structure for CALEA, which would be similar to Connecticut program.

New Business

Officer Paul Gilligan, Manchester PD, reported he contacted the State concerning destruction of old CALEA files. Retention schedule has been amended to allow these files to be destroyed after three years of next accreditation, whichever is later.

State Accreditation

Second tier of standards are complete, expect them out in 4-6 weeks. Committee has recommended hiring an Executive Director to oversee program. Funding sources are being sought, which may include the Legislative action, Grants, etc.

Committee is seeking assessors for State program. Interested individuals should submit resume along with cover letter detailing why they want to participate as an assessor to: Deputy Chief Ray Bouchard, Enfield Police Department, 297 Elm Street, Enfield, CT 06082. Target Date of June for Assessor Training.

Final tiers being looked at. Expect a total of 382 State Standards when completed.

Meeting Adjourned at 10:54am

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