Connecticut Police Accreditation Coalition
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CONN-PAC NEWS Connecticut Police Accreditation Coalition |
MEETING MINUTES
| DATE: | June 9, 1999 |
| TIME: | 9:30 AM |
| LOCATION: | Forensics Lab - Department of Public Safety – Meriden, CT |
| PRESENT: | Avon, Berlin, Capitol, CCSU, CSP, East Hartford, Enfield, Farmington, Glastonbury, Granby, Norwalk, Scarsdale, Torrington, Watertown, Wethersfield |
Meeting called to order at 9:35am.
Treasurer’s Report
$1222.54 balance in treasury
Secretary’s Report
Minutes accepted as submitted
Old Business
CALEA State Accreditation Task Force: D.C. Ray Bouchard reported on his Task Force meeting held in Virginia.
CALEA looking to add Certification level with 95 core standards applicable to all agencies. State’s with their own accreditation/certification programs may form alliance with CALEA. Department’s from state’s without a state program may certify directly with CALEA. States would pay an administrative fee to be determined and sign into agreement with CALEA. State and CALEA would agree to cooperate and mutually assist each other. CALEA would assist with training, materials, information etc. and allow department’s receiving state certification, automatic national certification through CALEA provide that standards are the same as CALEA’s in the core area. On-site would be conducted by two local assessors and one CALEA assessor from outside the state. States maintain control of local process. States in agreement would receive position on future standards review committees.
Committee to meet again in July. Forward comments or questions to D.C. Ray Bouchard prior to July.
State Program Assessors: Those interested must send brief resume to D.C. Bouchard at Enfield Police. Training will be conducted in September.
New Business
VP, Lt. Dave Watkins has resigned from his PAC position due to time constraints. PAC elected Lt. Pete Agnesi as new Vice President and Chief Mike Whalen as new Treasurer to replace Lt. Agnesi. D.C Bouchard thanked Lt. Watkins on behalf of the PAC for his many years of service to the PAC.
Chief Whalen; D.C. Bouchard and Lt. Agnesi reported on on-sites they conducted for CALEA in May.
Next meeting will be a BBQ/Lunch on July 14th at 1:00pm at the State Capitol, Legislative Office Building in Hartford. Please confirm attendance with Chief Whalen by July 9th if you plan to attend. PAC will cover cost of lunch.
There will be no August meeting. Meetings will resume in September.
Meeting Adjourned at 10:45am
Next meeting scheduled for July 14th at 1:00pm at State Capitol – L.O.B. Hartford
Sincerely,
Sergeant Thomas Kulhawik
Professional Standards Unit
Norwalk PD (203) 854-3053
tkulhawik@norwalkct.org