CONN-PAC NEWS Connecticut Police Accreditation Coalition

Treasurer Report: $3,225.09 balance. Connecticut PAC members who have paid annual dues: Avon, Branford, East Hartford, CSP, Farmington, Canton, Enfield, Glastonbury, West Haven, Granby, CCSU, UCONN, Ridgefield, Berlin, New Canaan, Stratford, Simsbury, Guilford.

New Business: Dan Brennan has graciously agreed to film the Accreditation Manager portion of the PAC video. The video is due to be completed at the beginning of January.

PAC Officer slate to remain the same after a unanimous vote in favor:
President: Raymond Bouchard, POST -  Vice President: Christina Barrow, Avon PD  - Secretary: Thomas Kulhawik, Norwalk PD  - Treasurer: Linda Carlin, Farmington

Hartford Conference: Theresa Freeman spoke to committee members at the Austin conference on behalf of the Greater Hartford Tourism Bureau and the Connecticut PAC in support of Connecticut hosting a CALEA conference. Connecticut lost its bid to host the CALEA conference to Montreal. Further discussion will take place regarding this topic after additional information became available. A very special thanks to Theresa for her hard work and support in light of the circumstances that were present.

State Accreditation: Six agencies will be presented with State Accreditation status on January 6th by the POST Council: Newton Simsbury Glastonbury Berlin UCONN Connecticut State Police Ray is looking to conduct another training session in march for State Assessors.

CALEA ONSITE REPORTS: Ray spoke about a recent onsite he was on in Maryland. He stated that file construction continues to be a real problem and ultimately slowed down the process. Also, there were no dates on the department general orders.

IACLEA: John Leonard was introduced from the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators (IACLEA).

Next meeting is scheduled for January 12th at 9:30 a.m. at POST.

Minutes submitted by C. Barrow

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