Princeton University Police Seek Comment On Re-Accreditation

PRINCETON, NJ — All aspects of the Princeton University Department of Public Safety’s policy and procedures, management, operations and support services will be under scrutiny later this month. A team of assessors for the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies Inc. (CALEA) will arrive on Tuesday, March 13.

Verification by the team that the Department of Public Safety (DPS) continues to meet the commission’s 189 standards is part of a voluntary process to gain re-accreditation, a highly prized recognition of public safety excellence, DPS Executive Director Paul Ominsky said.

As part of the assessment, agency personnel, members of the campus community and the public are invited to offer comments at a public information session at 7 p.m. on March 13. The session will be conducted in the DPS Emergency Operations Center, 200 Elm Drive.

Anyone who can’t speak at the public information session but would still like to provide comments to the assessment team may do so by telephone. The public may call 609-258-8372 between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. on March 13.

Telephone comments and appearances at the public information session are limited to 10 minutes and must address the agency’s ability to comply with CALEA Standards. A copy of the standards is available for review at the DPS Communications Center, on the first floor of 200 Elm Drive. The local contact is Accreditation and Compliance Coordinator David Finck, who can be reached by phone at 609-258-8796.

Anyone wishing to offer written comments about the Princeton University Department of Public Safety’s ability to meet the standards for accreditation are asked to write to the following address:
Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies Inc. (CALEA)
13575 Heathcote Blvd., Suite 320
Gainesville, Virginia 20155.

Accreditation is for four years, during which the agency must submit annual reports, and participate in annual remote web-based assessments attesting continued compliance with those standards with which it was initially re-accredited.

For more information regarding the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. write the commission at the address listed above, call 703-352-4225 or email calea@calea.org.

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