ChatComm Seeking National Re-Accreditation

SANDY SPRINGS, GA -- The Chattahoochee River 911 Authority is seeking re-accreditation from a national organization, and members of the community and Sandy Springs employees are asked to weigh in on the agency's ability to comply with the required standards.

Members of the community and city workers are invited to offer comments by phone at 404-843-6615 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, June 13. Telephone comments are limited to 10 minutes and must address ChatComm’s ability to comply with the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. standards.

Written comments should be sent to: Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement, Inc. (CALEA), 13575 Heathcote Blvd. Suite 320, Gainesville, VA. 20155; or emailed to calea@calea.org.

ChatComm serves as the 911 Center for the cities of Sandy Springs, Johns Creek, Dunwoody and Brookhaven.

The assessors are William Bleyle, commissioner of the Onondaga County New York Department of Emergency Communications, and Pamela Cimburke, retired programs manager of the Chesterfield County, Virginia Emergency Communications Center.

CALEA’s accreditation program requires Communications Centers comply with 213 applicable state-of-the-art standards in three basic areas; policy and procedures, administration, and operations. A copy of the standards is available at ChatComm. For more information, call Stephen Pierce at 404-843-6609.

Established in 1979 by the International Association of Chiefs of Police, the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives, the National Sheriffs’ Association, and the Police Executive Research Forum, CALEA is recognized internationally as the key credentialing authority for law enforcement agencies.

For more information regarding the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc., call (703) 352-4225 or visit www.calea.org.

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