Middletown Police Earn Accreditation

MIDDLETOWN, RI — The police department has earned national accreditation for following best practices in law enforcement. The Middletown Police Department is now one of eleven Nationally Accredited Law Enforcement Agencies within the State of Rhode Island, and one of seven to achieve Advanced Law Enforcement Accreditation. According to Lt. Jason Ryan, accreditation is an elective process for any law enforcement agency, but fewer than 5 percent of law enforcement agencies nationwide are accredited.

On Saturday, July 29, 2017 Chief Anthony M. Pesare, Major Ferenc Karoly, Lt. Jason Ryan, Officer Jean Young and Town Administrator Shawn Brown appeared before a committee from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) in Providence, RI. The team answered numerous questions regarding the department’s assessment report and inspection conducted in April 2017. After an extensive interview process and a full review of the April 2017 Assessment Report, the committee voted to recommend Advanced Accreditation to the full CALEA Commission for final approval.

The reaccreditation of the Middletown Police Department follows three years of work completed by police and civilian personnel to ensure the department's standard operating procedures, policies and actions are consistent with CALEA national standards. The CALEA Law Enforcement Advanced Accreditation Program is comprised of 484 standards that departments must meet to ensure they are implementing nationally recognized best practices in law enforcement.

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