Public Notice: Maplewood Police Department Accreditation Program

Press release from the Maplewood Township:

Oct. 15, 2020

The Maplewood Township Police Department is scheduled for an on-site assessment as part of its program to achieve accreditation by verifying that it meets recognized professional best practices.

Administered by the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police, the accreditation program requires agencies to comply with best practice standards in five basic areas: the administrative function, the personnel function, the operations function, the investigative function, and the arrestee/detainee function.

Agency employees and the public are invited to offer comments by calling 973-761-7868 on Monday, Novemeber 16, 2020 between the hours of 11:00AM – 12:00PM. Comments will be taken by the Assessment Team. Email comments can be sent to the police department at at TDimaggio@twp.maplewood.nj.us

Telephone comments are limited to 5 minutes and must address the agency’s ability to comply with the NJSACOP standards. A copy of the standards is available for inspection at the Maplewood Township Police Department at, 1618 Springfield Ave, Maplewood, NJ. Please contact Lieutenant Thomas DiMaggio at 973-761-7883 for more information.

Anyone wishing to submit written comments about the Maplewood Township Police Department’s ability to comply with the standards for accreditation may send them by email to Harry J Delgado, Ed.S Accreditation Program Director, hdelgado@njsacop.org, or write to the New Jersey State Association of Chief’s of Police, Law Enforcement Accreditation Commission at 751 Route 73 North, Suite 12, Marlton, N.J. 08053.

This press release was produced by the Maplewood Township. The views expressed are the author's own.