CONN-PAC NEWS

Connecticut Police Accreditation Coalition

MEETING MINUTES
DATE: September 10, 2003
TIME: 9:30 AM
LOCATION: State Capitol - Legislative Office Building
ATTENDEES: Avon, Berlin, CCSU, CSP, East Hartford, Enfield, Farmington, Norwalk, Ridgefield

Meeting called to order at 09:42

Treasurers Report: Current account balance is $1,343.40

Secretary’s Report: Minutes accepted from June meeting.

State Accreditation
Program on hold at this time. Expect that once new POST Director is named, the State Accreditation position can then be filled. Next State Accreditation meeting is September 16th at 9:00am. Ridgefield and Torrington are ready for mock on sites.

NEW BUSINESS

CONNPAC Plan and Goals
Linda Carlin and Cindy Sullivan discussed long term plans for the PAC. They distributed information and sample brochure and Bylaws for members to review.  Changes or corrections are asked to be forwarded to Cindy Sullivan.  The issues will be discussed in detail at the September meeting, including increasing dues and formalizing committees etc to grow CONNPAC membership and benefits of membership. Brief discussion on amount to be charged for dues.  Currently dues are $25. Considering raising dues to $50, $75, or $100 per year.  Members are asked to email tkulhawik@norwalkct.org with their preference on amount to be charged for CONNPAC dues.

CALEA
Detroit conference was not well attended. SIRC did adopt the new Missing Persons Standard despite the fact that most comments on the Website from the field were against adopting a new standard. SIRC also discussed new standards for Firearm Safety and others which will be posted on the CALEA Website for comment and acted upon at the next conference.

Berlin is having their mock onsite and Glastonbury and Avon will be requesting mocks in October.

CALEA forwarded letter reminding everyone that the standards are copyrighted and not to be used in any other ASAP type program.

Four CT agencies will be having Reaccred hearings at Colorado Springs conference.

Linda Carlin and DC Bouchard discussed onsites they conducted for CALEA

BY-LAWS/PAC Changes
Brief discussion took place regarding proposed By Laws and other changes towards improving PAC. Further discussion planned at further meetings. Training ideas suggested were: October - Incident Command System; November - Missing Persons Standard; December - Assessor Training. Proposal discussed to check on possibility to have Assessor Training conducted regionally in the Northeast along with other area PACS by CALEA trainer. D.C. Bouchard to investigate further.

TRAINING
Lt Daly reported that their is an introductory training program being conducted by Sylvester Daughtry of CALEA, in Rhode Island on September 25th. Cost $50.00.   Seminar information received and attached following the minutes.

Next meeting scheduled for Wednesday,  October 8th, 2003 @9:30am  - State Police Forensics Lab - Meriden

NOTE: Training to be presented at October meeting concerning Incident Command System. Approximately 2 hour presentation. PLEASE RSVP of planned attendance to Linda Carlin by October 3rd. Email CarlinL@farmington-ct.org.

 

Lieutenant Thomas Kulhawik
Norwalk PD (203) 857-5378
tkulhawik@norwalkct.org

 

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Accreditation Seminar

Sponsored by

Roger Williams University Justice System Training & Research Institute,

the New England Association of Chiefs of Police, Inc., and

the Rhode Island Law Enforcement Trainers’ Association

Thursday, September 25, 2003

Registration 8:30 am – 9:00 am

Presentation 9:00 am – 3:30 pm

Roger Williams University Residence & Conference Center

144 Anthony Road, Portsmouth, RI

The Accreditation Seminar will focus on a discussion of what is involved in the CALEA accreditation process, the costs, benefits, and what to be prepared for during the process. Sylvester Daughtry, Jr., Executive Director of CALEA, will be the luncheon speaker. A panel discussion scheduled for the afternoon will include chiefs of accredited New England police departments, a city/town administrator, and Mr. Daughtry will focus on the experience of the panelists and questions raised by attendees. Police chiefs are encouraged to invite their city/town administrators.

Class enrollment is geared to Chiefs, Senior Management, and Town/City Executives.

The cost for the seminar is $50.00, which includes materials, breaks and lunch. Checks should be made payable to the Roger Williams University School of Justice Studies, One Old Ferry Road, Bristol, RI 02809. Lodging information for out-of-state attendees is available. Telephone inquiries should be made to Denise Owens, JST&RI Project Coordinator at (401) 254-3320, or Liz Campo, Secretary to the School of Justice Studies at (401) 254-3731 or fax (401) 254-3351.

**We require 72 hours cancellation prior to the seminar or you will be charged the required fee.**

______________________________________________________________________________________________

REGISTRATION & CONFIRMATION FORM (please type or print)

NAME & RANK: _____________________________________________________________________

DEPARTMENT: _____________________________________________________________________

ADDRESS: __________________________________________________________________________

TELEPHONE: ______________ FAX: ________________ E-Mail: _______________________

METHOD OF PAYMENT: Check ________ P.O. No. ________________

(Form may be duplicated for multiple registrations.)

 

This project is supported by Grant #2002-DD-BX-0039 awarded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. The Bureau of Justice Assistance is a component of the Office of Justice Programs which includes the Bureau of Justice Statistics, National Institute of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and the Office for Victims of Crime. Points of view or opinions in this document are those of the author and do not represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice.